GIR

* GIR: based on your personal par
* Up/Down: chip or pitch within 1 putt distance to save personal par
* Bunker: same as above from a green side sand trap ...

For example, on a par 5, on the second shot, instead of going for the green and being under GIR, a player may lay-up which he hits his second shot short of the green and then hits his 3rd shot on the green and gets GIR.

Green in regulation (GIR)
A green is considered hit "in regulation" if any part of the ball is touching the putting surface and the number of strokes taken is 2 fewer than par, i.e.

You can list these categories below your name on the scorecard, and for fairways and greens just check off the box on any hole where you're successful (fairways hit means your ball is in the fairway on your tee shot; greens in regulation, or GIR, ...

You’ll hear the term “green in regulation' or GIR. This means that the golfer is able to reach a green in two shots fewer than the overall par for the hole.

In addition to being long, Garrigus was ranked 7th in greens in regulation (GIR), hitting approximately 70 percent of all greens. Coincidence? We think not.

green in regulation (also "GIR, G.I.R.") playing one's ball onto the green in the prescribed number of strokes as determined by par (equal to par for the hole minus two strokes for putting) ...

See also: In regulation, Putting, Golf, Hole, Regulation