The Open Championship: Golf fans around the world are eagerly tuning in to the Open Championship this weekend.
Hosted at Royal Birkdale in the North West of England, the 154th Open promises to be a thrilling four days of links golf.
How does 'par' get its name: At the heart of golf scoring is par, a term originally borrowed from the financial sector during the late 1800s.
It represented the face value of a hole for a competent player before official distance-based standards were universally established in 1911.
Par, of course, means the standard amount of shots a competent golf should need to get round a specific hole.
