What Is a 'Gritty Par' in Golf?
'Gritty Par' Slang Term
As a slang term, "gritty par" means making a par after hitting a ball into a sand bunker. If your ball goes into a bunker at any point on a given hole, yet you still make par, you just scored a gritty par.The term derives from the gritty nature of the sand trap, obviously. Your ball picks up some grit in that bunker, but you still make the par.
One golfer might ask another in the group her score, and get the reply, "Write down a gritty par for me."
'Gritty Par' Side Game
The side game called Gritty Par is mostly the same thing as the side game named Sandies/Sandy. Again, it involves making par after hitting your ball into a bunker on a hole.Before teeing off the round with your group of buddies, you all agree on which side games are being played, and the point value or dollar value of each. When a member of the group makes a "gritty par" (scoring par despite hitting into the sand somewhere on the hole), he earns the agreed-upon value.
Gritty Par, aka Sandies, is commonly included by groups that enjoy playing lots of different side games at the same time. Note that in Sandies, another way to win is getting up-and-down in two out of a bunker, regardless of one's overall score on the hole. That is a difference from Gritty Par, which requires scoring par or better. And many groups include a stipulation that if a golfer does win the Gritty Par bet with a score below par, the value is doubled.
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