Golf Terms: Green in Regulation (GIR)

When you hit a "green in regulation", this means you landed your ball on the putting surface in the designated number of strokes based on the par.

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Last Updated: Oct 31, 2023

Definition

When you hit a "green in regulation", this means you landed your ball on the putting surface in the designated number of strokes. For example, if you are a playing a par 4 and you hit the green in two shots, you have hit a "green in regulation".

Usage

I hit 14/18 greens in regulation during that round.

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