Why is birdie bogie and eagle called that on golf?
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How Did "Bogey" Enter the Golf Lexicon?
You better watch out or the Bogey Man's gonna get you! The Bogey Man must have been a golfer, because he lent his name to a golf score of 1-over par.
According to the USGA Museum, the "Bogey Man" was a character in a British song of the late 19th Century. He lived in the shadows and said in song, "I'm the Bogey Man, catch me if you can."
The USGA writes that British golfers of the era began chasing the Bogey Man on the golf course, meaning chasing after the perfect score (catch me if you can).
An aside: Sure is strange how some words develop, isn't it? Now back to the program ...
Over time, the term "bogey score" came into usage - but it denoted a great score, not a poor one. In other words, it was interchangeable, at that time, with the word "par."
In the early part of the 20th Century, however, par began to be applied to the ideal score of professional golfers, while bogey gradually became applied to recreational golfers. As "par" became the accepted term for a good score on a hole, "bogey" was applied to the higher score recreational golfers might expect to achieve.
Sources: USGA, R&A
Which came first, the birdie or the eagle? The birdie, and the eagle followed and continued the feathered theme.
In American slang of the 19th Century, the term "bird" was applied to anything particularly great. "Bird" was the "cool" of the 1800s in the U.S.
So on the golf course, a great shot - one that led to an under-par score - came to be known as a "bird," which was then transformed into "birdie." The term birdie was in worldwide use by the 1910s, and it's believed it debuted in the U.S. in 1899.
An "eagle" simply followed "birdie," being added to the lexicon in keeping with the avian image of birdie. And "albatross" later came along for the same reason.
Source: USGA Museum
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Which came first, the birdie or the eagle? The birdie, and the eagle followed and continued the feathered theme.In American slang of the 19th Century, the term "bird" was applied to anything particularly great. "Bird" was the "cool" of the 1800s in the U.S.
So on the golf course, a great shot - one that led to an under-par score - came to be known as a "bird," which was then transformed into "birdie." The term birdie was in worldwide use by the 1910s, and it's believed it debuted in the U.S. in 1899.
An "eagle" simply followed "birdie," being added to the lexicon in keeping with the avian image of birdie. And "albatross" later came along for the same reason.
Source: USGA Museum
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He always misses the shot from the top of the key.?
Bogey, cas its rubbish! then it goes on how rare the birds are 4 sum reason! why do ya need to know,cas you can't anything else but them?? !! haha!More Questions & Answers...