| Many beginners in golf have a hard time figuring | | | | If you swing at the ball and miss, that doesn't |
| out how to keep score or how to understand the | | | | count as a stroke. |
| score in golf. They may see the scores posted | | | | So lets say you take 4 swings at your ball and |
| for a major open tournament and have trouble | | | | miss each time. On the fifth swing you finally hit |
| understanding who the leader is. Or the beginner | | | | the ball, your score is one stroke, those four |
| golfer may want to know how to score his or | | | | missed swings don't count. |
| her own game. Keeping score sounds a little | | | | At the end of each hole, add up how many times |
| confusing for but once you get the hang of it, it | | | | you hit the ball to complete the hole, that's your |
| really is easy to keep an accurate score in golf. | | | | score for the hole. At the end of the round, add |
| In most sports the highest score wins. In golf it is | | | | up the strokes for each hole and you have your |
| exactly the opposite. In golf the player with the | | | | golf score. |
| lowest score wins the game. | | | | So if at the end of the round, your score is 86 |
| Scoring is pretty simple, Every time you hit the | | | | and my score is 82 then I win by four strokes. |
| ball with your club, that's a stroke. Every time you | | | | That is how you keep score in golf. |
| make a stroke, count it. | | | | |