Bogey Fever
"Bogey" was the first stroke system, developed in England at the end of the 19th Century. The full history is given in Robert Browning's History of Golf 1955. In 1890 Mr. Hugh Rotherham Secretary of the Coventry Golf Club conceived the idea of standardizing the number of shots at each hole that a good golfer should take, which he called the 'ground score.'
Great Yarmouth where the term Bogey was first coined. Dr. Browne, Secretary of the Great Yarmouth Club, adopted the idea, and, with the assent of the club's golfers, this style of competition was introduced there for use in match play. During one competition Mr. CA Wellman (possibly Major Charles Wellman) exclaimed to Dr. Browne that, "This player of yours is a regular Bogey man". This was probably a reference to the eponymous subject of an Edwardian music hall song "Hush! Hush! Hush! Here Comes the Bogey Man", which was popular at that time. So at Yarmouth and elsewhere the ground score became known as the bogey score.
A 'bogle' was a Scottish goblin as far back as the 16th Century and a Bogey-man was a widely used term for a goblin or devil. Golfers of the time considered they were playing a Mister Bogey when measuring themselves against the bogey score. This allowed the introduction of bogey competitions, which we would call handicap competitions or stablefords.
On 2nd January 1892, The Field reported that 'a novelty was introduced in the shape of a bogey tournament for a prize. ... Fourteen couples started but the bogey defeated them all.'
In 1892, Colonel Seely-Vidal, the Hon Secretary of the United Services Club at Gosport, also worked out the 'bogey' for his course. The United Club was a services club and all the members had a military rank. They could not measure themselves against a 'Mister' Bogey or have him as a member, so 'he' was given the honorary rank of Colonel. Thus the term 'Colonel Bogey' was born.
Later, in the middle of the 20th century, bogey was used as the term of one above par.
Welcome to the Middletown OHIO New Discoveries GeoTour
We are excited for you to discover all of the things we love about our All-American City! The New Discoveries GeoTour has 25 caches to find, all located in publicly accessible areas.
Cache Background
The “Bogey Fever” cache is located in rural West Middletown, in a completely unexpected location. Seet in the beautiful rolling hills of West Middletown. Surround yourself with the abundance of natural wildlife and the echoing sounds of silent tranquility as you enjoy this location.
West Middletown received the name Heno when it was awarded a post office in 1882. Since there was already another Madison City in Ohio, the postmaster general demanded a name change. According to legend, as old-timers were discussing the new name around the cracker barrel in the general store, a can of Heno tea caught their attention. So the town was named for the tea. But in 1907, the postmaster general decreed the village was within the shadow of Middletown, and only a few postal workers had ever heard of Heno, making it difficult to sort and forward mail to the place. The government ordered the village to accept the name of West Middletown. In 1963 the postmaster general in another decree closed the West Middletown post office, transferring its business to Middletown.
Cache Description
The cache is a great park and grab, once you solve the puzzle.
Extras
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