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[pahr] / pɑr /


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The only tournament the golfer known as Lefty has competed in this year was LIV Golf South Africa, where he finished at 7-under par and tied for 48th place, in March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

But the teams split the afternoon foursomes, with Canada's Corey Conners saving par at the 18th to win the final match on the course and preserve the Internationals' three-point lead.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The increase puts the price of Disney’s premium streaming plans more on par with competitor Netflix, which sells its ad-free premium service for $26.99 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The American, who currently leads the standings on the DP World Tour, had been well placed after the first round but was forced to retire through injury while nine-over par for Friday's round.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

To be efficient, in the Gilbreth family, was a virtue on a par with veracity, honesty, generosity, philanthropy, and tooth-brushing.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Six consecutive pars followed before the 2023 US Ryder Cup captain closed with a birdie to finish on a 19-under total of 197.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

"He was making a lot of pars and then obviously at the end Kurt did what he did and Adam posted and I started to make a couple birdies," McIlroy said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

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

Nine pars followed though before he finished bogey-double bogey.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

Watch a baby just as he or she starts to cry, and you’ll often see the frontalis, pars medialis shoot up as if it were on a string.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Penge missed the fairway at No. 2, took a one-stroke penalty and bogeyed, while Bridgeman parred to take sole possession of the lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

When play resumed, Korda had a three-stroke lead over South Korea's Amy Yang, who parred 17 and 18 on Sunday to seize second on 206 with a closing 69.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

And 22-year-old Thitikul, the world number two who prefers to be known as Jeeno because "I think it's unique and easier than Atthaya", parred the last to finish one clear of Woad.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025

He parred the 18th after birdieing the previous three holes.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

Parred, quotes “ȝe are parred in . . . ȝe are so spered in.”

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

He had a solid start Sunday, parring the first and third holes, both par-fours, while birdieing the par-five second hole to move to six under for the tournament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2022

Exhibit A: Jim Furyk After parring the 18th hole, Pampling was just hoping his score would get him into a playoff.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2021

When it was Spieth’s turn, he started slowly, making a birdie on the first hole but then parring the next three holes before making birdies at Nos.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2015

He hit every fairway after that, picking up that crucial birdie at No. 14 and parring his way home.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2014

Woods wasn't in a good spot, but he had a shot and he wound up parring the hole to secure his third straight major championship on his way to the Tiger Slam.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013




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