pars
Americannoun
plural
partesEtymology
Origin of pars
From Latin
Example Sentences
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He had three birdies and six pars on the back nine for a 68 in the second round to get to even par and was among 51 in the 72-player field to make the cut.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Jeeno, the defending champion, reeled off nine birdies and nine pars in a flawless second round at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, to move to 14 under at the halfway stage.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
Nine pars followed though before he finished bogey-double bogey.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
Volatility matters too—because of the format, a player who birdies half the holes and bogeys the other half can be more valuable than someone who cards 18 pars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025
It is almost impossible to tighten the orbicularis oculi, pars orbitalis on demand, and it is equally difficult to stop it from tightening when we smile at something genuinely pleasurable.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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