When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Lee Westwood Tweeted of the PGA Tour's new slogan:
What’s this #liveunderpar rubbish from the @PGATOUR ? Clearly they don’t know that being under par in the UK means you feel like crap!!! Someone’s been paid to come up with that!!
— Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) April 11, 2018
Writer Lorne Rubenstein noted this:
1. Re @pgatour's #liveunderpar, from my chapter Speaking of Golf: The Language of the Game in my 1990 book Links: "But what about the divergent meanings of 'under par?' The meaning of the term in golf seems the only obvious example of the phrase being used positively."
— Lorne Rubenstein (@lornerubenstein) April 11, 2018
2. "The phrase "under par" is an example of what linguists refer to as language crossing groups. The golfer on the course means something different from somebody off the course, where the situational demands change."
— Lorne Rubenstein (@lornerubenstein) April 11, 2018
My favorite #liveunderpar contribution came from a PGA Tour golfer who looked up under par and sent this:
On that note, here's to living...over par!
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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