Hangman
Golf score of 9
Example
Nice work with bouncing back from that hangman, now you are only 3 over par
These types of shots lead to a hangman score
Related Slang
| Eagle | Two strokes under par |
| Birdie | One stroke under par |
| Bogey | One stroke over par |
| Double bogey | Two strokes over par |
| Triple bogey | Three strokes over par |
Can you survive our Dungeons & Dragons slang quiz?
Hangman is a score of 9 on a golf hole. The term comes from the resemblance of the number 9 to a person hanging from a noose in the fill-in-the-blanks game.
The "hangman" golf score is plain terrible, even worse than the snowman score. To put it in perspective, most holes have a par of 3 or 4 and a hangman is a 9. The hangman score often comes from drives that go way off course, shots into sand traps or water, or a putting meltdown on the green.