# How to break 90 in golf

A bogey on every hole of a par 72 is 90, so breaking 90 is bogey golf minus a single shot: seventeen bogeys and one par is 89. It needs one hole better than a bogey without a disaster, not a transformed swing.

## Key figures

- 1 par and 17 bogeys totals 89.
- Every double bogey has to be paid for with three pars, which is why avoiding disasters beats chasing good holes.
- A 15 handicap gives up about 10.4 strokes a round in the long game across 14 shots, against 2.4 putting across 30 strokes.

## Scope

- Only penalties and three putts cost a full stroke on their own. Everything else is smaller than it feels.

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