Last Updated: Oct 31, 2023
Golf Terms: Green in Regulation (GIR)
When you hit a "green in regulation", this means you landed your ball on the putting surface in the designated number of strokes based on the par.
Written By: Zach Gollwitzer
Posted in: Golf Terms
Term Overview
A brief overview of the term including definition, usage, origins, helpful visuals.
definition
When you hit a "green in regulation", this means you landed your ball on the putting surface in the designated number of strokes. For example, if you are a playing a par 4 and you hit the green in two shots, you have hit a "green in regulation".
how it's used in a sentence
I hit 14/18 greens in regulation during that round.