Spelt Bogie, According to the USGA Museum, the "Bogey Man" was a character in a British song of the late 19th Century. He lived in the shadows and said in song, "I'm the Bogey Man, catch me if you can."
The USGA writes that British golfers of the era began chasing the Bogey Man on the golf course, meaning chasing after the perfect score (catch me if you can).
According to golf experts, the term came into fashion in the late 1800's when there was a popular song called "Bogey Man" which included the line "I'm the bogey man - catch me if you can". Originally the term was used for a good score in golf, but when the term "par" became widely used to describe that same desirable score, "bogey" changed meaning somewhat.
A bogey is one stroke over par on a given hole.
Bogey, in golf used to indicate a score of one over par for a hole. Centuries ago a bogle was a Scottish goblin and the Bogey-man was a widely used term for a goblin or devil.
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The highest par in golf is 5. A seven is a double bogey on a par 5 and a triple bogey on a par four and a quadruple bogey on a par 3.
Golf, because you can get below par, like a double bogey or a bogey.
I think you are referring to when you see on golf TV broadcasts the word "other". It is anything but a birdie, par, or bogey. Basically anything over a bogey is an "other".
A bogey is a golf term. It refers to getting the ball into the hole one below par. Par is the number of hits it should take to get it in the hole.
Becuase way back when Golf was invented Sir Edward Bogey always use to come in just over what par was set at. Over time his friends started calling it a bogey and the name stuck.
One under par in golf is called a bogey.