SOME DEFINITIONS.
Bogey.—The number o! strokes that should .be taken to each hole by a scratch player after making allowance for, difficulties in the course.
Pormie.—Means that a side m as many holes up as there are remaining holes to be played. ' . '. : » Bisques.—Are strokes oonoeded by one, •side to another under match play, so that the receiver may use the strokes allowed to him singly or together at any hole or holes, and does not require to declare that a bisque or bisques is or'are-being taken until the hole is played out. Bunker.—A Bunker is a pit or hole in the ground either naturally or artificially made, which has a flooring of sand. Tho word was originally applied in,.golf to holes and chasms in the sandy soil of seaside links. .
Links are defined originally a« flat, sandy ground near thp sea, growing grass, furze, etc. It was in euch places tha v golf was first played, hence the term "links" as apblied to golf, v Divot-—ls vhe term applied to tho piece of turf cut up by a golfer in the act of playing-a stroke. N".B. —It is tho first duty of every golfer to replace divots ho. has cut out.
The Wellington Golf Club is sending a toam t<f Pilmerston North next week to play tho. Manawatu Golf Club.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 38, 13 August 1921, Page 12
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220SOME DEFINITIONS. Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 38, 13 August 1921, Page 12
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