How did the scores in golf get their names?

Question

How did the scores in golf get their names?

Answer 1

I'm sorry i don't know but that's an interesting question.

Answer 2

Birdie

One-under-par (-1). The term is believed to have originated during a game at the Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey in 1903. It is said that one day, three golfers - William Poultney Smith, founding member of Pine Valley, his brother Ab Smith, and George Crump (who later built Pine Valley, about 45 miles away) – were playing together when Crump hit his second shot only inches from the cup on a par-four hole after his first shot had struck a bird in flight. Simultaneously, the Smith brothers exclaimed that Crump's shot was "a bird." Crump's short putt left him one under par for the hole, and from that day the three of them referred to such a score as a "birdie." In short order, the entire membership of the club began using the term and, since as a resort the club had a lot of out-of-town visitors, the expression spread and caught the fancy of all American golfers. The Perfect Round (score of 54 on a par 72 course) is most commonly described as scoring a birdie on all 18 holes.

Also, did you know that a Condor is four under par on a hole! I only just found that out!

Answer 3

I believe that a Doctor Frank Stableford invented the stableford format in 1931. I cannot think of any other.