Why is an albatross in golf

First and foremost, what is an albatross? While a birdie is 1-under par on a hole and an eagle is 2-under par, a step better than that is an albatross, which is 3-under par on a hole. That in itself is such a rarity that it makes a hole-in-one -- which are also rare -- as frequently as successful as 5-foot par putts, in comparison. Anytime someone calls it a double eagle, they are talking about an albatross and not a condor.

All have the same obsession with golf tech, equipment updates and avoiding rain on the course. Skip to content. Share via. Copy Link. Powered by Social Snap. Dr Browne, Secretary of the Great Yarmouth Club, adopted the idea, and, with the assent of the club's golfers, this style of competition was introduced there for use in match play. This was probably a reference to the eponymous subject of an Edwardian music hall song "Hush!

Here Comes the Bogey Man", which was popular at that time. So at Yarmouth and elsewhere the ground score became known as the bogey score. A 'bogle' was a Scottish goblin as far back as the 16th Century and a Bogey-man was a widely used term for a goblin or devil.

Golfers of the time considered they were playing a Mister Bogey when measuring themselves against the bogey score. This allowed the introduction of bogey competitions, which we would call handicap competitions or stablefords. On 2nd January , The Field reported that 'a novelty was introduced in the shape of a bogey tournament for a prize.

Fourteen couples started but the bogey defeated them all. The United Club was a services club and all the members had a military rank.

They could not measure themselves against a 'Mister' Bogey or have him as a member, so 'he' was given the honorary rank of Colonel. Thus the term 'Colonel Bogey' was born. Par is derived from the stock exchange term that a stock may be above or below its normal or 'par' figure. This shot followed a massive yard tee shot down the second fairway. Depending on the data source, the odds of making an albatross are between six million to 1 and one million to 1.

Comparatively, the odds of the average golfer making a hole-in-one are 12, to 1 according to the National Hole-in-One Registry. According to the CDC, the odds of being struck by lightning are around , to 1. Although you have a better chance of a lightning strike, an albatross is much more common than winning the lottery.

Your chances of winning the lottery in which you pick 6 numbers from a possible pool of 49 numbers are roughly 14,, to 1.