List of golfing terms

This is a list of golfing terms used in the Mario Golf series, Wario Land 3, and Mario Sports Superstars.

Parts of the course

Bare ground

Bare ground appears in every Mario Golf game after Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64. It affects the ball's lie, though not as much as waste areas or rock.

Bunker

Waluigi attempting to get his golf ball out of a bunker

Bunkers (sometimes known as sand traps) are divots filled with sand. They vary greatly in size; they can be a couple of yards wide to close to the length of the entire hole. When a golf ball lands in a bunker, it reacts much like the rough since it traps the ball. It takes great effort to get the ball out of the bunker, and it can affect a playing score greatly.

When the ball goes into a bunker, the announcer says, "Oh, too bad!" in the Nintendo 64 Mario Golf game but nothing in the other games. Also, if a player scores par or better after their ball goes into the bunker during a hole, this becomes a Sand Save, which is recorded in the records. In Mario Golf: Super Rush, the Toad commentary (if enabled) says, "<Player> hits the beach!" or "<Player's> ball went into a bunker," if the ball goes flying into a bunker via a special shot.

Fairway

The fairway can be seen in light green.

The fairway is the central path of each hole on the way to the green. It usually covers about two-thirds of each golf hole. Fairway has light-green short-cut grass and has no effect on the golf ball. Fairway is the easiest part of the course to strike the ball from, for it is not deep and does not impair the player's shot. However, fairway can be placed anywhere on the course; thus, the fairway can be on a hill, in a divot, by the edge of the course, or even in hard-to-reach places. This is the only part of fairway that can impair the player's shot. Following the fairway is usually the safest and quickest way to the green.

Fast fairway

A fast fairway is a variation on the normal fairway that, as the name implies, has the grass cut so that the ball rolls farther and bounces higher. The fast fairway is differently colored from the regular fairway, signifying its place on the course.

In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, fast fairways appear on the courses Blooper Bay, Peach's Castle Grounds, and Bowser Badlands, and they are turquoise as opposed to the regular fairway's green color. In Mario Golf: World Tour, fast fairways are seen only in the Seaside Course and have darker colors than normal fairways. The player has to be careful when calculating where to shoot the ball if it is going to land on the fast fairway, since it can severely impair the player's score depending on how the ball reacts to the landing. In Mario Golf: Super Rush, fast fairways are tan in color, and they appear exclusively on Bowser Highlands.

Flower garden

A flower garden from Mario Golf: World Tour

Hitting a ball from within a flower garden or flower patch affects a player's shot, making it shorter and lower. Flower gardens are found in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour on Peach's Castle Grounds and Mario Golf: World Tour on Peach Gardens. When a ball lands in a flower patch in Toadstool Tour, Pikmin may jump out.

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  A flower patch from Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

Beach bunker

Beach bunkers act similarly to their regular counterparts. However, they do not affect the ball's lie nearly as much, thus making it easier for the player to hit out of.

In Toadstool Tour, beach bunkers appear on Blooper Bay. They can be found in the shapes of food, Bloopers, and many other different objects.

Grass bunker

Grass bunkers affect the ball's lie the most, making them extremely difficult for the player to hit out of. These appear only on Hole 1 of Bowser Badlands in Toadstool Tour.

Waste area

Waste areas affect the ball's bounciness with their high friction. Their effect on the ball's lie is minimal, so it is relatively easy for the player to hit out of one. In Balmy Dunes, waste areas appear near quicksand, which acts as the penalty area of the course.

Fringe

The fringe, known as the green edge prior to Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, is a narrow strip of grass surrounding the green. The fringe is cut to a length between the fairway and the green itself.

Green

A golf ball on the green

The green of the hole is where the pin, flag, and hole are located, and as such, it forms the outer target players must aim for. The green is usually surrounded by a fringe. Golfers generally use only putters to strike the ball while on the green. The location of the hole always changes on the green.

Tournament green

A golf ball sliding on the tournament green

Tournament greens are variations of standard greens that produce less friction on the ball, making it roll farther than when it lands on regular greens. They have appeared in all Mario Golf games since Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.

Tournament greens are first found in the Star Tournament of that game as an additional challenge, but they can be used in any course once the player beats that course in the Star Tournament. In Mario Golf: World Tour, they appear only in Expert Tournaments, which are regional tournaments played without a flight path, and major world tournaments, namely the Castle Tournament, Star Open, Moon Open, and World Championship.

Hole

The golf ball as it lands in the hole

The hole is the name of each playing area within a golf course, and of the small circular pit in the ground that is the ultimate target (the latter sometimes referred to as the cup) of each one. In order to complete a hole, the player must sink the golf ball in the cup, which is located on the green. The pin sticks out of the cup to indicate its exact spot.

In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, a cup can sometimes release special particle effects, especially if golfers successfully putt from a certain distance and score under par. In Mario Golf: World Tour, flashes of light come out of the cup if golfers score par or better. When golfers are not yet on the green, the cup glows with a ray of light to signal them of its location.

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  The hole releasing particle effects

Out of bounds

Toad alerting that the ball is out of bounds in the intro of Mario Golf (N64)

"Out of bounds" (abbreviated as O.B.) refers to an area outside the boundaries of the golf course. If a player hits the ball where it lands outside the boundaries, falls off the edge, or lands in lava, in a Chain Chomp pit, or elsewhere that is not in the main course, the ball is registered as out of bounds. Some sort of signal usually appears when the player hits the ball out of bounds. The penalty for going out of bounds is one stroke, added on to the player's current score for the hole. The player must then hit the ball from the same place that they hit the out-of-bounds shot. In NES Open Tournament Golf and Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, Toad is the one to alert the player of an out-of-bounds shot, while in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, a Koopa Paratroopa is the one to alert the player.

When an out-of-bounds shot happens, the announcer says, "Oh, too bad!" in Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64. In Mario Golf: World Tour, the announcer says either "Out of bounds!" or "Too bad!" instead (and Blue Toad holds up an OB sign). In Mario Golf: Super Rush, the Toad commentary (if enabled) says, "That's OB for <player>!"

Out of course

In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, holes are rendered as isolated "islands" floating in a void, similar to the levels of Super Mario 64. If a player shoots their ball beyond the boundaries not merely of the hole but the entire "island" and into the void, the text message "out of course" is displayed onscreen instead of Toad waving his flag. This is functionally identical to a standard OB. The announcer (as well as the other players, if the game is played in multiplayer mode) calls out "Fore!" half a second after the ball is hit if it is determined that it will go out of the course. (If the ball stops less than half a second after the shot, "Fore!" is not called. Should the ball stop exactly half a second later, the announcer keeps on saying, "Fore!" for two seconds while "Oh, too bad!" is said just once.) This term also appears in NES Open Tournament Golf; should the player hit the ball off the box where the course is located, Toad waves his flag and calls an OB.

Penalty area

In Mario Golf: Super Rush, all penalty-incurring lies, including water hazards and quicksand, are referred to as penalty areas. This also includes lava and pits, areas considered to be out of bounds in previous games. When the player lands in a penalty area, they are given a one-stroke penalty and must hit the ball at the nearest playable lie.

Pin

The pin is visible sticking out of the hole.

The pin, also known as the flagpole, marks the location of the hole, and the flag is used to make it stand out a little more. Whenever the ball hits the pin, it is called a "Pin Shot," usually making the ball bounce back. Usually, the pin is removed when players make shots on the green so that the ball can enter the hole more easily, though in Mario Golf: Super Rush, the pin remains.

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  Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color

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  Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Artwork of a pin from the Mario Golf: Super Rush website

Play panel

Play panels are exclusive to the Mushroom Course in Mario Golf: Advance Tour. The ball stopping on one causes an event to occur depending on the hole. For example, on the fourth hole, the panel detonates nearby Bob-ombs, and on the thirteenth hole, it causes the Piranha Plants to switch places. As a lie, it is comparable to fairway in how it affects the ball.

Rock

Rock is terrain that does not have much friction and causes balls to bounce out of it. When a ball lands on it, it hurts the ball's lie, though not as much as grass bunkers or heavy rough.

Rough

Rough in Mario Golf: World Tour

The rough is the area of the courses where the grass is thicker than the fairway. There are five different types of rough seen on the courses; each one has a different effect on the player's landing and shot along with darker coloring as the effects of the rough intensify.

Semi-rough

Semi-rough is a shallow type of rough that looks very similar to the fairway. Though hardly visible, the semi-rough slightly impairs the player's shot out of the patch, making the ball not go as far or land in another place. It is usually the edge boundary between the fairway and the rough.

Regular rough

Standard rough is in almost every course. It looks like much thicker blades of grass (when compared to the fairway). Rough is usually located near the fairway or near a bunker. Rough impairs the player's shot out of the patch, making the ball land in a completely different place from where planned.

Heavy rough

Heavy rough (also known as deep rough) is the deepest and most dangerous type of rough available on a course. It appears as very deep grass and is usually located near the boundaries of the course. Heavy rough severely impairs the player's shot out of the thick patch; it usually takes a high shot to get the ball out, though it lands only a few yards away. When the ball goes into the rough, the announcer says, "Ooh, into the rough!"

Short rough

Short rough (known as semi-rough prior to Super Rush) is the weakest type of rough available on a course. It appears in every Mario Golf game and is located just before the rough on a course. As its name implies, it affects the ball's lie the least out of all the types of rough.

Heath

A ball in the heath in Mario Sports Superstars

Heath is a type of rough in golf that affects the lie of the ball the most heavily out of all types of rough, including the heavy rough. Players cannot hit the ball very far when in the heath, the power meter charges up more quickly when the player starts a swing, and the sweet spot gets heavily lowered for the harder hitting clubs such as wood, to the point that if the player does not align the bar properly in the perfect spot, they duff the ball. This terrain first appears in Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, appearing on the Coo-Coo Course and the Links Course. In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, this hazard is found only in Bowser Badlands, and it appears either in the outside of edges of the course or as small patches interspersed in the fairway. The heath reappears in the Gold Links course of Mario Sports Superstars, replacing some of the heavy rough with the heath.

Gallery

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  Heavy rough in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Rough in Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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  Semi-rough in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Artwork from Mario Golf: World Tour

Teeing area

Mario on the tee box in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

The teeing area (formerly tee box) is the starting point in all holes of a golf course. Teeing areas have two tee markers, and the tee, which holds the ball, is placed between them. The number of teeing areas per hole varies with each game in the Mario Golf series. In the Nintendo 64 game and its Game Boy Color counterpart, each hole has one tee box. In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, back tee boxes are added, and they are farther from the green than front tee boxes. In these games, back tee boxes are used in Star Tournaments, which are harder than their regular versions where front tee boxes are used. In Mario Golf: World Tour, there are three tee boxes per hole (except in Sky Island, whose holes have one tee box each) and the third is called a tournament tee box, which is even farther from the green than the back tee box. The front tee boxes are used in stroke plays in the Castle Club, Mario Open tournaments, most regional tournaments, and Star Coin challenges. The back tee boxes are used in course championships, regular regional tournaments, expert tournaments, world tournaments, and the harder Moon Coin challenges. The tournament tee boxes are used in costume challenges, major tournaments, and the World Tour Final. Shots made from the teeing area are referred to as tee shots, and in World Tour, insets appear on the screen, showing the characters doing gestures indicating whether the tee shots are good or bad. Mario Golf: Super Rush adds a fourth tee, the rookie tee. This teeing area is the closest to the course, being even closer than the standard tees.

Tree hazard

A tree hazard serves a purpose; this event occurs only when the player's golf ball gets stuck in a tree and will not come down or when it lands too close to a tree trunk. The penalty for aiming at a tree is the same as a regular out-of-bounds shot. However, if a ball goes into a tree, the player has to hit the ball from wherever they aimed it.

Water hazard

Lakitu alerting the player of a water hazard

A water hazard is a body of water on the course. The penalty for hitting into a water hazard is the same as a regular out-of-bounds shot. However, if a ball goes into the water, the player must hit the ball a yard or two from the edge of the nearest land area from where the ball entered the water; this is called a drop.

In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 and Mario Golf: World Tour, the announcer says, "Oh, too bad!" In Mario Golf: Super Rush, the Toad commentary (if enabled) says, "<Player's> ball went into the penalty area." In Super Rush, during a match of Speed Golf, it is also possible for the player to go into the water, in which case the Toad commentary (if enabled) says, "<Player> fell into the penalty area!" The player also flashes as if they were shrunken by an obstacle and lost their power. Some characters can cross water by using their Special Dashes.

Wood

When the ball lands on wooden surfaces in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Super Rush, it is said to land on wood. Like with rock, pipe, or brick, the ball frequently bounces off it. Like those three terrains, it also hurts the ball's lie. In Super Rush, it is extremely rare to land on wood bridges without handles, as it would simply head into the water.

Unplayable

A golf ball lands in an unplayable area in DK Jungle.

“A ball that cannot be played because of the terrain. There's a one-stroke penalty to drop the ball.”

—Golf Glossary, Mario Golf: World Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour

"Unplayable" refers to an area within the boundaries of a hole comprised of terrain that the ball may not be played from. Similar to out of bounds and water hazards, it attracts a one-stroke penalty.

Unplayable areas are not in specific areas of a golf course. For example, if the ball is in front of a tree and cannot go straight to move on the course, it is not a formally unplayable area, even if a player faces difficulty in playing it. Rock and flower patches do not count as unplayable areas. Wood can be considered "unplayable," such as the cabin on Hole 10 of Forest Course or the bridge on Hole 4 of Bowser's Castle.

Scores

Albatross

Luigi receiving his albatross in Mario Golf: World Tour

An albatross (also called a double eagle) is a score of three under par for a given hole. Albatrosses are extremely difficult to perform, and they usually require a character that can shoot the ball a great distance to perform them (such as Petey Piranha, Bowser, or Metal Mario). Albatrosses are usually done by means of chip-ins, though on some par 5 holes, depending on wind conditions, it is possible to land on the green from the tee box and then sink the albatross putt to get an albatross without a chip-in.

In the Club Slots mode in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, an albatross gives the player five points. When played by Point Play rules in Mario Golf: World Tour, albatrosses are worth eight points, which are worth the same as a hole-in-one.

In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, if a player gets on the green in one stroke on a par 5 hole, they receive the Albatross Putt message in rainbow colors when they start their putt, while they are rainbow-colored on the scorecard. They are given a golden color on the Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour scorecard and a half-yellow and half-gold color in Mario Golf: Super Rush.

In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, the color of Albatross Best Badges is red.

Gallery

• Albatross end-of-hole animations
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  Mario in Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)

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  Wario in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Neil in Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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  Mario in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Daisy in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Donkey Kong in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Waluigi in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Bowser Jr. in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Diddy Kong in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Rosalina in Mario Golf: World Tour

Birdie

This section is about the golfing term. For the character, see Birdo.

Baby Luigi receiving a birdie in Mario Sports Superstars

A birdie is a score equal to one below par. Birdies can be achieved on all holes, and any character can achieve them. In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Birdie Best Badges are blue, whereas in Mario Golf: World Tour, they are silver. In all games, every time characters get a birdie on a hole that they have not gotten a birdie result in during a tournament, they get one Birdie Badge. Earning enough badges can unlock content, depending on the game that is being played.

On the scorecard, birdies are colored orange in the Nintendo 64 version of Mario Golf, while they are half-white, half-red in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and orange in Mario Golf: Super Rush.

In other game modes

• Birdie is the lowest score that earns the player a Birdie Badge in tournament mode.
• When playing Club Slots in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour or by Point Play rules in Mario Golf: World Tour, a birdie gives the player three points.
• The Birdie Challenge mode in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour requires the player to get a birdie in each hole; otherwise, they fail the challenge.

Gallery

Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)

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  Mario

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  Yoshi

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  Baby Mario

Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)

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  Mario

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Mario

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  Peach

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  Donkey Kong

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  Waluigi

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  Boo

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  Neil

Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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  Mario

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  Peach

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  Yoshi

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  Donkey Kong

Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Mario

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  Luigi

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  Peach

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  Yoshi

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  Daisy

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  Donkey Kong

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  Bowser

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  Wario

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  Waluigi

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  Boo

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  Bowser Jr.

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  Diddy Kong

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  Toad

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  Kamek

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  Paratroopa

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  Birdo

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  Mii

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  Gold Mario

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  Toadette

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  Nabbit

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  Rosalina

Mario Sports Superstars

_{Note: Characters not listed use their Mario Golf: World Tour animations.}

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  Baby Mario

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  Baby Luigi

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  Metal Mario

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  Pink Gold Peach

Bogey

Baby Mario dissatisfied with his bogey

There are many degrees of bogeys, though they are all considered bad scores. There are ten types of bogeys, but only three are actually called so. A normal bogey is a score that is one over par—e.g., the player gets the ball in the hole with six strokes on a par 5 hole. The player's character shows disappointment of their score at the end of the hole.

When the player plays Club Slots in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour or by Point Play rules in Mario Golf: World Tour, a bogey gives the player one point. On the scorecard, bogeys are green in Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64; half-white, half-blue in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour; and gray in Mario Golf: Super Rush.

Double bogey or worse

As the player takes more strokes over par, additional bogeys such as double bogeys, triple bogeys, and so on occur. This feature becomes used only in games after Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. The terminology changes to digits once the fourth stroke over par (+4) is taken (the second stroke over par (+2) in Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 and the third stroke over par (+3) in Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color). This goes up until +6 in par 3 holes, +8 in par 4 holes, and +10 in par 5 holes. By that time, the player cannot take any more strokes, and the hole automatically ends with a give up.

In Club Slots in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and by Point Play rules in Mario Golf: World Tour, a double bogey or lower score is worth zero points. In the scorecard, scores of double bogey or worse are indicated in blue.

Mario Golf: Advance Tour is the only game in which the announcer says something for a score of +4 or worse; namely, "Oh, too bad!"

Give up

If a player takes too long to finish the hole and takes a number of strokes equal to three times the par of the hole, they will be forced to give up and get a +6 (par 3 hole), +8 (par 4 hole), or +10 (par 5 hole). In Mario Golf: Super Rush, a give up is received when a player receives triple par.

Players can also give up on a hole after the first stroke, but that also means the player gets a +6 (par 3 hole), +8 (par 4 hole), or +10 (par 5 hole). Every game displays a GIVE UP sign in case of giving up, except in Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour—in the former game, no score is displayed in case of a give up, while the latter game displays +6, +8, or +10 depending on the par value of the hole. The music that plays upon the player giving up on a hole is the music for a double bogey or lower, except in the Nintendo 64 game and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, where the music that plays in a give up is the same as for when the player loses a hole in Match Play, Get Character, or Character Match or fails a Ring Shot. In case of Match Play/Get Character/Character Match, a give up results in an automatic loss to the player, in which the other player automatically wins the current hole.

In the online mode of Mario Golf: World Tour, players have 50 seconds to take their shots during their turns. If a player does not take their shot before time runs out, the player will be forced to give up.

Gallery

• Bogey end-of-hole animations
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  Yoshi in Mario Golf for Nintendo 64. Note: The animation for a double bogey or lower (as well as giving up) is the same as the bogey animation for this game.

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  Donkey Kong in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Rosalina in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Baby Luigi in Mario Sports Superstars

• Double bogey end-of-hole animations
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  Peach in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Yoshi and Wario in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Bowser Jr. in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Baby Mario in Mario Sports Superstars

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  Baby Luigi in Mario Sports Superstars

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  Metal Mario in Mario Sports Superstars

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  Pink Gold Peach in Mario Sports Superstars

• Triple bogey or worse end-of-hole animations
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  Waluigi receiving a +4 in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Luigi receiving a +5 in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Mario receiving a +6 in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Wario receiving a +7 in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Donkey Kong receiving a +8 in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Luigi receiving a +9 in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Daisy receiving a +10 in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Mario receiving a triple bogey in Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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  Princess Peach receiving a +9 in Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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  Luigi receiving a triple bogey in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Peach receiving a triple bogey in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Yoshi receiving a triple bogey in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Waluigi receiving a +4 in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Kamek receiving a +4 in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Wario receiving a +8 in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Donkey Kong receiving a +9 in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Diddy Kong giving up, which results in max stroke penalty, in Mario Golf: World Tour

Eagle

Baby Luigi receiving his eagle in Mario Sports Superstars

An eagle is a score that is two below par, which improves the player's score by two. Eagles are scored by a hole-in-one on a par 3 hole, a 2 on a par 4, or a 3 on a par 5.

In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Eagle Best Badges are green.

In the Club Slots mode in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, eagles give the player four points. When played by Point Play rules in Mario Golf: World Tour, an eagle is worth five points.

In Mario Golf: Super Rush, confetti is launched when the player gets an eagle or better.

On the scorecard, eagles are colored red (par 5 holes) or a rainbow type (par 4 holes) in Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, while they are solid red in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and yellow in Mario Golf: Super Rush.

Gallery

• Eagle end-of-hole animations
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  Mario in Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)

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  Daisy in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (American version)

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  Luigi and Bowser in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (European/Australian version)

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  Ella in Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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  Yoshi in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Donkey Kong in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Gold Mario in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Toad in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Toadette in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Kamek in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Paratroopa in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Nabbit in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Rosalina in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  A Mii in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Baby Mario in Mario Sports Superstars

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  Bowser in Mario Sports Superstars

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  Metal Mario in Mario Sports Superstars

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  Pink Gold Peach in Mario Sports Superstars

Par

Pink Gold Peach scoring a par in Mario Sports Superstars

A par is the anticipated average score for a hole, and it represents a score of ±0. When a player gets a par, their character reacts mellowly.

Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64 and Mario Golf: Super Rush color pars in white on the scorecard, while Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour colors pars in green.

In Mario Golf: Super Rush, if a player gets a triple par, which debuts in this series, they are forced to give up.

Double par

Only in Mario Golf: Super Rush, double pars are received when a player gets two pars in a row. Double pars cannot be received when a player is on the last hole and they attained a score higher or lower than par on the previous hole.

Triple par

The player is forced to give up in Mario Golf: Super Rush. Triple pars are received when a player gets three pars in a row. Triple pars cannot be received when a player is on the penultimate hole and they attained a score higher or lower than par on the previous hole.

In other game modes

• This is the highest score that does not earn the player a Birdie Badge in tournament mode.
• In Ring Shot mode, a par is required for all holes; otherwise, the player fails the hole, even if they shot through all the rings in that hole.
• In Club Slots in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and by Point Play rules in Mario Golf: World Tour, a par awards a player two points.
• The player fails the Birdie Challenge in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour by getting a par or lower score.
• In Cash Cup mode in Coin Attack on Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, a par is required; otherwise, the player loses all coins earned on that hole.

Gallery

• Par end-of-hole animations
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  Luigi in Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)

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  Peach in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (American version)

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  Waluigi in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (European/Australian version)

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  Donkey Kong in Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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  Bowser in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Baby Mario in Mario Sports Superstars

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  Baby Luigi in Mario Sports Superstars

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  Metal Mario in Mario Sports Superstars

Shots

Chip-in

A chip-in in Mario Golf: World Tour

A chip-in (alternatively formatted without a hyphen) is a shot that happens when a player strikes the ball into the air, outside the green, straight into the cup. If the player strikes the ball from a bunker or even the fairway and gets it in the cup, it counts as a chip-in. The player gets no extra turns, points, or powers for performing this; it is merely a signal of how well they are doing.

Because of how it is defined, a hole-in-one counts as a chip-in.

Gallery

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  Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)

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  Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)

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  Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Mario Golf: Advance Tour

Flag Shot

A screenshot of a Flag Shot

A Flag Shot is an event where a player's golf ball hits the flag on the pin sticking out of the hole. The player knows if the golf ball has hit the flag only by a sound effect that plays when the ball makes contact with the flag. It does not affect the player's score or power-ups. A player can also chip the ball in via a Flag Shot.

Hole-in-one

Metal Mario receiving a hole in one in Mario Sports Superstars

A hole-in-one (alternatively formatted as hole in one) is the most difficult shot to achieve—in order to do so, a player must get the golf ball in the hole with one hit (hence the name). A hole-in-one can be performed on any hole. Holes-in-one are easiest to perform on par 3 holes, but they can be performed with more difficulty on par 4 and 5 holes as well. Usually, only high-powered characters can perform this move on holes with a higher par.

In case of holes-in-one, one less than the par value of the hole is subtracted from the player's score for the course (par 3 = −2, par 4 = −3, and par 5 = −4). They are typically shown in place of the actual hole score in the end-of-hole animation.

A hole-in-one on a par 5 hole in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. It is actually a condor in this instance as it reduces the player's score by four.

In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Hole-in-One Best Badges are yellow. The American version of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour has errors in identifying holes-in-one: Getting one on a par 4 or par 5 hole displays it as an albatross, even though holes-in-one on par 5 holes reduce the player's score by four (as a condor would) and not three. Results like these are put under "albatross" in the highlights section. Holes-in-one done on par 4 or par 5 holes in the European/Australian version and the Japanese version of the game register correctly. Results like these are put under "hole-in-one" in the highlights section. Any holes where the player achieved a hole-in-one have their tee markers replaced with golden Mario statues.

In case of Club Slots in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, a hole-in-one is worth one point more than the par value of the hole. With Point Play rules in Mario Golf: World Tour, a hole-in-one is worth eight points, which is worth the same as an albatross.

In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, holes-in-one are rainbow-colored on the scorecard, while they are a golden color on the Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour scorecard and a half-yellow and half-gold color in Mario Golf: Super Rush.

Gallery

Note: All these animations are the same as an eagle and albatross. Eagle is different on GBC.

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  Kid in Mario Golf (Game Boy Color)

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  Peach in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

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  Donkey Kong in Mario Golf: Advance Tour

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  Rosalina in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Mario in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Luigi in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Peach in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Daisy in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Waluigi in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Boo in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Bowser Jr. in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Kamek in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  Toadette in Mario Golf: World Tour

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  A Mii in Mario Golf: World Tour

Nice Shot

"Nice Shot" redirects here. For the Mario Party 6 minigame whose internal name is "Nice Shot!", see Freeze Frame.

A Nice Shot is a common event—in order to get a Nice Shot, the player must strike the golf ball with enough strength and stop the meter bar in the sweet spot zone. By getting a Nice Shot, the golf ball is more likely to go on a perfect path, going where guided to. The words "Nice Shot" appear in large colorful letters, alerting the player that they had done well, but the player does not earn any extra points, powers, or turns for performing this move. When this is achieved as a perfect power shot, the number of power shots does not decrease.

In Mario Golf: World Tour, a Nice Shot is achieved if the rising and falling bar is stopped exactly at the markers of the power meter (a sound effect confirms this), giving Miis' and Mario characters' golf balls gold and rainbow streaks, respectively, in flight. Otherwise, it is only a "Good Shot." A Nice Shot from the tee makes an inset at the bottom right of the Nintendo 3DS top screen appear, showing the character doing a gesture of joy. However, a stroke is not called a Nice Shot or a Good Shot if the ball does not end up on the green, fringe, or fairway.

In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, a "Nice Shot" is not called when the ball is heading towards a hazard or has its distance significantly reduced.

In Mario Golf: Super Rush, confetti is launched when a player gets a Nice Shot.

Pin Shot

A Pin Shot is an event that occurs when the player's golf ball hits the pin that resides in the hole. The player gets no extra points, turns, or power-ups for performing this move. It is merely pointed out when the shot is made.

When a player makes a Pin Shot, the words "PIN SHOT!" appear in big letters on the screen. The announcer also says "Pin Shot" at this time. In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, a Ukiki slides down the pin and makes a sound if a Pin Shot is performed.

Nice Recovery

Nice Recoveries appear in Mario Golf: Super Rush, where if a player gets to the green, fringe, or fairway when starting from a bunker, the Toad commentary (if enabled) says, "<Player> gets out of the bunker beautifully!" When they get a Nice Recovery and enter the green, he says, "This will be a sand save for <player> if this goes in." If the ball goes in and the player gets a par, instead of the usual "Solid par for <player>!" he says, "Nice sand save for <player>!" The announcer also says, "Nice!"

Nice Approach

A Nice Approach happens when a golf ball is near the hole in a straight line.

Long Bomb

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In Mario Golf: Super Rush, if a player putts the ball into the hole from at least 30 ft (≈9 meters) away while on the green, it is considered a Long Bomb. The Toad commentary (if enabled) will say, "<Player> drains a long putt!"

Nice Touch

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In all Mario Golf games, Nice Touches are received when a player barely gets to the hole, and the distance is ≈0.7 feet (≈0.2 meters) or less.

Trivia

• A score better than −4 is possible in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour via a glitch where a player gets negative strokes, resulting in the double bogey music playing instead of the birdie music, as well as some other behavior occurring.
  • If the player is putting for a −4 or better with this glitch, the over-par putt music will play instead of the under-par putt music. However, getting exactly a −4 displays the albatross message and plays the birdie music as usual.
  • If the player gets exactly a −5, the screen will say, "Complete!" in the European version, "Nice Shot!" in the Japanese version, and "Finish!" in the American version. If the player scores better than −5, no text will appear at all. Either way, the player will do their eagle animation.
• If no controller is connected to the Nintendo 64 when Mario Golf is powered on, the opening logos will display as usual before the double bogey or worse music plays while text reading "Turn the power OFF and connect a controller," appears over a background with Luigi and Peach in it. This never happens in the Virtual Console releases, because it always assumes that all four controllers are connected.