The Clue
Duffer's dream (3 letter answer)
The Answer
PAR
Tags
Notes
The answer PAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
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Normal
Standard
The usual
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Birdie plus one
Bogey beater
Bogey's better
Common level
Course guide?
Course yardstick
Duffer's goal
Golf norm
Golf term
Golfer's concern
Golfer's goal
Golfer's norm
Hole number
Kind of boiled
Norm for Norman
Normal condition
Score to beat
Score standard
Scorecard line
Shooter's target
Standard for the course
Standard for Snead
Target score
Good thing to break
Norm for Greg Norman
Norm for JoAnne Carner
Not quite a birdie
Number on a golf hole
Score to beat, in golf
Score that's "saved"
Three, four or five, commonly
Two, for many minigolf holes
What a golfer might shoot
It's bad to be over it
When it's broken, that's good
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