Golf Rules, Games, Junk and Points

A "Sneaky" is junk earned when the player gets up and down to save par with a one put.  A "Nasty"  occurs when a player holes out from off the green for a par or better.

A Jaeger Birdie is defined as junk earned when a player drinks 1oz of Jaeger and, on the next subsequent hole that is played in its entirety, scores one under par.  A Jaeger Birdie counts as two points or two pieces of Junk as the "Jaeger Qualification" multiplies any junk score earned on the hole by a factor of two.  As such, if a player were to card a Jaeger Birdie, Jaeger Greenie, Jaeger Polie, he would earn 6 pieces of Junk on the hole.

A Seve is junk awarded when a player, playing a par 4 or 5, does not play from any fairway or bunker during the play of a hole and one putts for a par or better.

A point is awarded for a Hogan on a par 4 when the player's ball comes to rest on the fairway of the hole being played after the tee shot, then the player reaches the green in regulation with his second shot, and subsequently 2 putts for par. On a par 5, Hogan junk is awarded when the player's ball comes to rest on the fairway of the hole being played after the tee shot, then the player with his second shot plays again to the fairway of the hole being played, and then the player reaches the green in regulation with his second shot, and subsequently 2 putts for par.  These exact circumstances must occur for a Hogan to be awarded. His early years as a pro were very difficult, and Hogan went broke more than once. He did not win his first pro tournament as an individual until March 1940, when he won three consecutive tournaments in North Carolina . Although it took a decade to secure his first victory, Hogan's wife Valerie believed in him, and this helped see him throu...

Barkies are Junk that is awarded when the player's ball is in motion after a stroke and makes contact with any part of a tree that is fixed and/or growing, and the player subsequently scores a par or better on the hole.  One point is typically awarded.  A ball in motion that strikes a branch, leaves or twigs on the ground that are detached from a tree is not awarded a Barkie.  Attached leaves are considered a part of a tree, and count towards Barkies. 

Longies and Shorties Junk are awarded for the players with tee shots that come to rest, in the fairway, on the hole being played, and are either (i) closest to the flagstick of the hole being played (Longie), or (ii) furthest from the flagstick of the hole being played (Shortie).  As such, it is conceivable that the Longie could be awarded to the player who doesn't hit the longest drive, but due to direction of play on the hole, has a ball that comes to rest closer to the flagstick. This methodology for assigning Longies and Shorties Junk can be traced to GPS technology which makes measuring a ball's relative position to a fixed point on the green readily determinable.

Overy Junk is awarded when a player scores a par when playing a shot 'over' a greenside bunker from less than 30 yards from the green and one putts after making the shot.

Traditionally, a hole-in-one is worth 10 points (i.e. '10 pieces of junk'), and an eagle is worth 5 points.

Junk Definitions:  A Jan Brady or Jan Brady Junk  is a point (i.e. 1 piece of Junk) awarded to the middle drive in length when 3 drives have come to rest in the fairway.  There cannot be more or less than 3 drives in the fairway to qualify for a Jan Brady .  Distance is measure from the flagstick, not the distance travel from the teeing ground.

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