Alright, let’s talk about this Masters thing, the 2023 one. You wanna know how many pars they made, huh? Well, it ain’t that simple, see. It ain’t like countin’ chickens.
First off, them fellas play on a course called Augusta National, and each hole got a number, a par number, that is. Par 72, they say. That means, if you’re real good, you get the ball in the hole in 72 shots total. Some holes are harder, some easier, you get me?
Now, this Augusta place, it’s got these long holes, par 5s they call ’em. Them big strong fellas, they like them par 5s. They can whack the ball a country mile, makes gettin’ a par easier, or even better, a birdie. That’s one shot less than par, see?
But it ain’t just about par 5s. They got par 3s too, them little short ones, but tricky. And par 4s, kinda in between. You gotta play smart on all of ’em, can’t just go swingin’ like a wild man.
So, how many pars in the whole shebang? Well, they don’t just give you that number straight out. You gotta figure it out, piece by piece. First, they got a bunch of players, 89 of ’em at the start. Then, after two days, they cut some, only the top 50 and ties get to play the weekend. That’s Saturday and Sunday, for those who don’t know.
- Round 1 and 2 : 89 players
- Round 3 and 4 : 50 players and ties
Now, each player plays 18 holes a day, four days total, if they make the cut. So, that’s 72 holes, see? And each hole has a par, like I said. So, if you’re lookin’ for the total possible pars, you just take 72 holes and multiply it by the number of players for each round.
For the first two rounds, that’s 89 players times 72 holes, that’s… uh… a lot of pars possible. Lemme grab my calculator… Okay, that’s 6408 pars possible in the first two rounds. Then for the weekend, it’s 50 players times 72 holes, that’s 3600 pars possible. Add them together and you get 10008 pars possible in the tournament. But that’s just how many could be made, not how many were made. Nobody’s perfect, not even them fancy golfers.
They don’t make par on every hole, see? Sometimes they get a birdie, sometimes a bogey, that’s one over par. Sometimes worse, a double bogey, triple bogey… you don’t wanna know. And sometimes, they even get a hole-in-one! But not this year, not in 2023. Last one was in 2022, some fella named Stewart Cink.
So, to get the exact number of pars made, you’d need to go through every player’s scorecard, every round, every hole. That’s a lot of lookin’, a lot of countin’. And I ain’t got time for that! But we can guess, can’t we? They are professional golfers. If we assume on average they make about 10 pars per round, that would be 10 pars times 4 rounds times roughly 70 players (averaging between those who made the cut and those who didn’t) that would be about 2800 pars. But that’s just a guess, mind you, could be more, could be less.
And you know what? They don’t even tell you how many total pars were made. They tell you about strokes gained, and leaderboards, and all that fancy stuff. They tell you who won, of course, and who came close. But pars? Nah, they don’t bother with that. It ain’t as important as who wins, I guess.
To get to the Masters, you gotta qualify, see? There’s all sorts of ways to get in, winnin’ other tournaments, bein’ ranked high, special invites… it’s complicated. They got a whole list, probably longer than my arm.
But one thing’s for sure, them fellas playin’ in the Masters, they’re good. They’re real good. They hit that little ball a long, long way, and they make lots of pars, and birdies too. And sometimes, they even win a green jacket, that’s what they get for winnin’ the Masters. Fancy, huh?
So, there you have it. No exact number of pars, just a whole lot of golfin’. And I figure, that’s close enough for government work, ain’t it?
