“Is a subpar golfer good or bad?” is a jocular saying. “Subpar” usually means below average (par), or bad. However, a golfer who goes below par is playing well.
“If you’re a subpar golfer, does that make you good or bad?” was posted on Twitter by John Francis Daley on June 28, 2011. The golf question has been printed on an image.
Many people insist that the hyphen makes all the difference—a “subpar” gofler is bad, but a “sub-par” golfer is good.
Wiktionary: subpar
Adjective
subpar(not comparable)
1. Of less than a traditional or accepted standard
Bob’s grasp of English was subpar.
2. (golf) below par
3. (finance) Trading a price below face value.
Twitter
John Francis Daley
@JohnFDaley
If you’re a subpar golfer, does that make you good or bad?
8:16 PM - 28 Jun 2011
Twitter
Aron
@emmitwest
Replying to @JohnFDaley
*rim shot* “@JohnFDaley If you’re a subpar golfer, does that make you good or bad?”
8:19 PM - 28 Jun 2011
Twitter
Graham Eveleigh
@geveleigh
Is a subpar golfer good or bad?
11:41 AM - 8 Aug 2011
Twitter
kell
@iaintshitb
“@GetMindBlown: Is being a sub-par golfer a good or bad thing?” good.
3:02 AM - 26 Jul 2012
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Is a subpar golfer good or bad?
submitted April 13, 2015 by geeeer
Twitter
Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart 3 May 2015
Is a sub-par golfer a good golfer or a bad golfer?
Matt Rosoff
@MattRosoff
Replying to @TheStalwart
@TheStalwart Good. A subpar golfer is bad. Hyphen makes all the difference.
1:37 PM - 3 May 2015
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
If someone said “I’m a subpar golfer” I would have no idea whether they were good or bad…
submitted August 15, 2017 by CitizenBacon
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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