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Par for the course?

That means par score, or average score if you prefer, for the whole golf course. The par score for a regulation professional golf course is usually 72 over 18 holes. Hence, if it takes you exactly 72 hits to complete the 18 holes, then your final score will be par 72.

That means you’ve done ok, but perhaps not too well. In other words, your score is on a par (on the same level) with the average on a normal day, with normal weather, that is to say under the normal circumstances. Tiger Woods, say, under the same condition might have needed 10 strokes fewer, in which case his final score would be 10 under, 62. In other words, you need to practice, practice and practice in order to give a performance that’s to be considered on a par with the best of them.

Anyways, figuratively speaking, when anything is considered “par for the course”, it is regarded as normal, ordinary, mundane, something to be expected, nothing unusual or unsurprising and hence, in short, nothing to roll your eyes over.

Is everything clear?

Phew! Alright, here are two more media examples of “par for the course”:

1. Roy Hodgson has opened up on his ill-fated stint at Liverpool, revealing he feels “wounded” by what was his worst six months as a manager.

Hodgson is back in football just 37 days after being shown the exit door at Anfield in charge of West Brom. He prefers to look to the future rather than reflect on his spell with the Reds. But Hodgson is honest enough to concede his pride was hurt although his self belief has not been affected.