![]() Picture of the 7th tee sign at The River Course, Blackwolf Run, Kohler, Wisconsin. Image by danperry.com, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 2.0 |
Three ParPar (score) Par (score) Expected strokes for a proficient golfer This article is about the general definition of par on a golf hole. For the specific scoring system, see Par (golf scoring format). In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient (scratch, or zero handicap)[1] golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the pars of each round).[2][3] For scoring purposes, a golfer's number of strokes is compared with the par score to determine how much the golfer was either "over par", "under par", or "even/level par".[4] A sign at The River Course at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin, indicating… (Source: Wikipedia)
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