Golfers need to rethink the meaning of 'par'

How - or more to the point, why - did "par," which means <em>average</em>, get morphed into <em>expert</em> when it pertains to golf? Experts in golf are a tiny fraction of the golfing population. The rest of us are left struggling to achieve such a high standard - which, perhaps, is why golf is so addictive. But does par really have any relevance?

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Sure, we all think about par, but how true a measure is it for our games?

Credits: Brandon Tucker/GolfPublisher.com