Golf Compendium

A "crowned green" is a putting green whose highest point is in its interior, as opposed to being along one of the edges. Many putting greens generally slope from one side to the other — for example, from back to front, in which case the high point of the green will be on that back edge. But on a crowned green, the high point is somewhere inside the edges, often near the middle.

In the golf tournament format known as Designated Round, golfers play multiple rounds over the course of an extended period (for example, over a month's time), but only one of those rounds counts for this game. The catch is that the "designated round" is the one you announce before teeing off as the round you are going to use.

The 1955 U.S. Women's Open was the 10th time this major championship was played. The winner was the tournament's first international champion, and she led wire-to-wire for the victory.

Orville Moody played the PGA Tour from the 1960s into the 1980s, recording just one official tour win — but it was the U.S. Open. He was always an excellent ball striker, but was also always plagued by putting woes. Until, that is, until he became one of the earliest converts to the long putter as he joined the Senior PGA Tour. His senior career included two wins in majors, one of which was the U.S. Senior Open.

There is an old scoring term in golf, a type of score called a "double buzzard." Even if you don't know what it means (yet), you can probably guess from the name that it's a score no golfer wants to make.

The golf tournament format known as Blind Partner is one in which the golfers playing do not know who their partners are until the tournament is over. Tournament organizers wait until the last group tees off before drawing names to form the partnerships.

The 1956 U.S. Women's Open was the 11th time this major championship was played. The winner was playing it for the first time, and she won it by beating an amateur golfer in an 18-hole playoff.

In its golf usage, "dormant" refers to a period of rest, or nongrowth, for certain grasses used on some golf courses. Bermudagrasses go dormant in the winter, for example. That doesn't mean that the bermudagrass dies (even though it turns brown), but more like it takes a time-out during the cold part of the year.

Do you know what the term "dual greens" refers to on a golf course? When this term is applied, a golfer will encounter something that isn't that common in the golf world: a hole that has two, rather than one, putting greens.