The Clue
72, at Pebble Beach (3 letter answer)
The Answer
PAR
Tags
Notes
The answer PAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Average
___ avion
___ for the course
Equality
Norm
Standard
The usual
72, often
72, usually
Birdie plus one
Common level
Course listing
Course number
Course yardstick
Duffer's delight
Duffer's dream
Duffer's goal
Duffer's quest
Golf score
Golf term
Hole goal
Hole number
Kind of boiled
Links standard
Nominal value
Normal condition
N.Y.S.E. term
One over a birdie
Score to beat
Something to shoot for
What's expected
Bond's base value
Golf course target
It's beaten by a birdie
It's frequently 72
One less than a bogey
Norm for Greg Norman
Norm for JoAnne Carner
Target for certain athletes
Wall Street term
Three, four or five, commonly
What a golfer might shoot
It's usually 3, 4 or 5
When it's broken, that's good
Excellent drivers often break it
You may feel below it
Definition
PAR as a noun:
1. (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72"
2. (equality, equivalence, equation, par) = a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"
PAR as a verb:
1. make a score (on a hole) equal to par