Context: Association, Plaphol was the Asian Tour's top player after the first round. Plaphol put together an impressive nine birdies, eight pars and just one single dropped shot to join the European trio.
There is a group of four current and former European Ryder Cup players among those within a few shots of the lead. England's Paul Broadhurst and Ireland's Paul McGinley are at 7-under, Denmark's Thomas Bjorn is 6-under, while Scotland's Colin Montgomerie the 2002 TCL Classic champion opened his week with a 67.
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Hello, Jobb, I've found this for "birdy": One stroke under par for a hole in golf. It must be what you were looking for!
— Pieanne
Hello, Jobb, I've found this for "birdy": One stroke under par for a hole in golf.
It must be what you were looking for!
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I think the spelling preferred by golfers is "birdie".
A bogie is a score of 1 stoke over par for a hole. A double bogie is 2 strokes over par for the hole and so on.
A birdie is 1 stroke under par for the hole, an eagle is 2 strokes under par for the hole and an albatross is 3 strokes under par. An albatross is often misleadingly called a double eagle.