Dormie
When one player/team is ahead by the same number of holes that remain. This means that the other player/team can tie the match but cannot win.
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"Dormie" (also spelled "dormy") is a term used in match-play golf, denoting that the score is such that one player is the same number of points ahead as there are holes still to play; thus that should one hole be halved, ...
DORMIE - in match play, the match is dormie when the number of holes a golfer is winning by is equal to the number of holes yet to be played.
Dormie
In match play, a player is dormie when leading by as many holes as there are holes left to play (i.e. 4 up with four holes to play is called "dormie 4").
Dormie: The player or side having a lead in a match equal to the number of holes remaining to be played. A player is dormie-two if he is 2 holes ahead with 2 holes remaining to play.
Double Bogey: A score of two over par on a hole.
dormie-- In match play, to be leading by the same number of holes that remain to be played. The trailing player must win each hole in a dormie situation or he/she will lose the match. Also spelled dormy.
Dormie
When playing in match play being five up with five to go four up with four left etc To be as many holes up as there are to play Sometimes spelled dormy
Double bogey ...
Dormie: Term given to describe the situation when a team cannot lose a match against the competition as the number holes remaining is the same as the current lead.
Dormie: The player who's winning the match in match play - for example, five up with only five holes left, or four up with four left.
Double Bogey: Score of two over par on a hole.
Dormie/Dormy: A situation in a match or tournament where one player or team’s lead is equal to the remaining number of holes to be played, meaning that the other player or team cannot win.
dormie
Term used in match play for the situation when a player is leading by as many holes as are left to play and therefore cannot be beaten
double bogey ...
Dormie : A match play situation where one player or team is ahead (or Up) by the same number of holes as are remaining in the match (meaning that the other player or team can tie the match, at best, but cannot win) Example: Our match was ...
Dormie: The point in match play when a player is up in a match by the same number of holes that remain. (When Lanny Wadkins had his opponent dormie three, it seemed like the Americans would win the Ryder Cup).
DORMIE
In match play, when a player or team is leading by the number of holes remaining to be played.
DOUBLE BOGEY ...
Dormie
Term given to describe the situation when you cannot win a match against your competitor(s) because if you win every remaining hole your best result would be a tie.
Double Bogey ...
dormie or dormy
In matchplay, a player leads by as many holes as are left to play.
drain ...
Dormie
In match play, having a lead equal to the number of holes remaining to be played, ie. two up and two to play.
Draw ...
Dormie - A match play term used when a player cannot be beaten as the number of leading holes
and the number of remaining holes are the same.
Double-eagle - An American term for a score of three under the par for a hole.
Dormie
The situation, in match play, in which a golfer is ahead by as many holes as are left to play. If that golfer wins just one of the remaining holes, the match is over.
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Vaulting dormie
a possible match play occurrence on a hole in which a player converts a lead into a victory without passing through dormie, or a guaranteed minimum of a tie at the end of regulation play.
dormie: A situation in the format matchplay when cannot lose and the opponent must win all the remaining holes to draw the match.
double bogie: Score of two over par on a hole.
down: Losing in the game format matchplay.
Dormie - When a player cannot be beaten - he is as many holes up as there are holes to play
Draw - A controlled shot which causes the ball to fly right to left
Duck hook - A shot which flies violently to the left ...
Dormie - To be unable to loose a match, example: golfer is winning by two holes in match play with only two holes left to play
Double Bogey - A score of two over par for a single hole.
Dormie five down, she battled back to square her match with a birdie on the final hole.
Keeping Score in Match Play
1-up, 2-down, 3-and-2, 5-and-3 ... dormie, halved, all square ... what does it all mean? This article explains how score is kept in match play, and what all those numbers mean.
Hole 8: The hole was halved, thus, the state of the match did not change. Jack remains 1-up with 1 hole to play, or Jack is "dormie 1." Hole 9: Jack wins the final hole, and wins the match 2-up.(Rules 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3).
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