Playing Golf Daily

We play a lot of golf. A lot. And we are very accustomed to driving that ball down the fairway and feeling good. Our approach shot (8 iron) is pin high and we’re looking at a 10 foot putt for birdie. And, you know it, we end three putting and noting that big 5 on the scorecard and limp away frustrated with a bogey.

The Bogey Kings

We are the bogey kings. And it gets you wondering where did the word ‘bogey’ come from. You can Google it or ChatGTP it, or I’ll tell you the story here:

Basically, it comes from the boogey man. It started in the UK way back in the late 19th century, but they called it the bogey man. And if you shot a great score at the time, they called it a ‘bogey’. Nowadays, a bogey is one over par in golf. But back then it was considered a great hole, one that warded off the bogey man! 

In spite of the fact that a bogey was originally considered good and positive, today it’s an error, but the name still sticks. 

In golf, as you probably know, it’s very easy to go from a birdie to a bogey.

Golf has so many fun words, let’s take a look at a few of them.

A birdie comes from an expression ‘A bird of a shot’ again back in the 19th century, and it stuck when a golfer made a great shot. As scoring developed, they kept ‘birdie’ to signify one under par. The term ‘eagle’ is a continuation of the feathered friend language, and due to the majestic form of the rare bird it is used for two shots under par. 

And do you know what three under par is called? An ‘Albatross’. No, we have never recorded an albatross on our score cards.

We love golf. And its quirky vocabulary. And in real golf we always take a ‘Mulligan’! Anyone know where that comes from? Send us a message and let us know!

We invented Bogey 2 Birdie Golf Card Game in that same fun spirit. It’s a great game to play on the 19th hole, or during a rain out. And you can buy it online right here.