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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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quad

Sports; Golf

A score of four strokes over par on a hole. Example: Except for a quadruple bogey/quad on number 6 he played fairly well yesterday.

triple bogey

Sports; Golf

A score of three over par on a hole. Example: If one over par is a bogey, and two over par is a double bogey, what do you figure the odds are that three over par is a triple ...

X

Sports; Golf

A score that cannot be determined, as play on a hole was not completed. Example: He took so many swings in the deep bunker without the ball moving that he finally picked his ball ...

did not start (DNS)

Sports; Golf

A scoreboard notation for a player who was officially in the field but for whatever reason could not begin play. Example: You see DNS on the scoreboard when the player did not ...

launch monitor

Sports; Golf

A sensor and computer system used to analyze shots and arrive at the best driver characteristics for a golfer. Example: Getting tested on a launch monitor might help you find the ...

insert

Sports; Golf

A separate piece of material that is joined with the body of a club's head (usually on/in the club's face) for the purpose of providing more durability, more feel, or some other ...

alternate green

Sports; Golf

A separate second green on a hole, perhaps used for maintenance reasons or just to provide a "different" hole on each hole of a 9-hole course, so it can seem like an 18-hole ...