Bogey Golfer: A player who has a handicap is the about the same as the number holes on a course (18 to 22).
Brassie: Another name for a 2 wood.
Break: The path a putt must follow over a contour in the green in order to go in the hole.
Bogey Golfer: Defined specifically as a male golfer with a USGA Handicap Index of 17.5 to 22.4 strokes or a female golfer with a USGA Handicap Index of 21.5 to 26.4 strokes.
Bogey Golfer
A player who has a handicap that is about the same as the number of holes on a course. Usually in the range of (16 to 22).
Bunker ...
bogey golfer a player whose handicap is about 20 for men (between 17.5 and 22.4) and about 24 for women (between 21.5 and 26.4), according to USGA standards at the time of this writing ...
The Bogey Rating is the USGA evaluation of the playing difficulty of a course for the bogey golfer. It is based on yardage, effective playing length and other obstacles to the extent that affect the scoring ability of the bogey golfer.
SLOPE RATING - USGA term that represents the difficulty of a course for bogey golfers relative to the USGA Course Rating (which represents the difficulty for scratch golfers).
Score one stroke over par on a hole. Bogey golfers average a bogey per hole.
Bore-through
Type of club with a shaft that goes through the club head and sole of the club.
As you will read, historically this system has a success rate of 95%, and bogey golfers are able to lower their handicaps by AT LEAST 7 strokes within the first couple of rounds. Many golfers are seeing even greater improvements! ...
So one could argue that bogey is more the norm than par is. But the terms are what they are, and we use them accordingly. Many players will refer to themselves as a “bogey golfer'.
Slope Rating is a number, from 55 to 155, used to determine the level of difficulty of a golf course for a bogey golfer. An "average" course has a slope rating of 113.
Snap Hook ...
 See also: Golf, Bogey, Swing, Stroke, Round
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