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TOPIC: What is the origin of the word bogey?
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What is the origin of the word bogey? 1 Year, 10 Months ago
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What is the origin of the word ;bogey?
The term;bogey; comes from a song that was popular in the British Isles in the early 1890s, called "The Bogey Man" (later known as "The Colonel Bogey March"). The character of the song was an elusive figure who hid in the shadows: I;m the Bogey Man, catch me if you can."
Golfers in Scotland and England equated the quest for the elusive Bogey Man with the quest for the elusive perfect score. By the mid to late 1890s, the term ;bogey score referred to the ideal score a good player could be expected to make on a hole under perfect conditions. It also came to be used to describe stroke play tournaments;hence, in early Rules books we find a section detailing the regulations for ;Bogey Competitions.
It was only in the late 1900s/early 1910s that the concept of;Par; started to emerge;this being the designated number of strokes a scratch player could be expected to take on a hole in ideal conditions. In this way par was distinguished from bogey. The term par itself is a standard term in sports handicapping, where it simply means ;level; or;even.;
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