Golf Rules, Games, Junk and Points

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.