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The meaning

Numbers are fun!

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My favourite number is 24

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My favourite number is 42

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Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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364 active golfers, 577 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#271 - Andrei Gasparovici / @agasparovici

12/02/2017 at 12:10PM

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#272 - BarbaJol / @drpproteus

01/04/2018 at 01:25PM

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02/05/2018 at 07:38PM

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#274 - Pavol Slamka / @Archipedes

03/11/2018 at 02:59PM

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#275 - Austin Ware / @AustinWare17

03/13/2018 at 02:53AM

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#276 - Paul Draghicescu / @pdragy

03/22/2018 at 10:05PM

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#277 - DHM / @DHM29978992

05/01/2018 at 01:55AM

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#278 - Gatlee / @gatlee

05/06/2018 at 02:07PM

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#279 - qed / @qed13308565

07/26/2018 at 02:19AM

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#280 - Brent Woo / @BrentPWoo

10/05/2018 at 04:34PM

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#281 - Eric Moss / @NotEricMoss

11/05/2018 at 06:12PM

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11/18/2018 at 06:54PM

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12/22/2018 at 07:48PM

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#284 - Mihai / @mihaicristiant

02/21/2019 at 03:29PM

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#285 - james_bunch / @james_bunch

04/03/2019 at 12:54AM

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#286 - serent / @serent

04/03/2019 at 09:38PM

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#287 - aggums / @touhoueurobeat

05/26/2019 at 05:54AM

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#288 - albalitz / @_albalitz

06/18/2019 at 12:51PM

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#289 - Chester Yap / @Chest_ErYap

08/14/2019 at 06:07PM

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#290 - Fritz Inf / @6360info

08/17/2019 at 08:39AM

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#291 - Jan Balangue / @jbalang

01/05/2020 at 08:16PM

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#292 - Michael Meixner / @meixner62

01/24/2020 at 11:52AM

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#293 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

02/18/2020 at 12:04PM

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#294 - RockerZZY / @rocker_zzy

06/14/2020 at 01:52AM

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#295 - Rustem B. / @_rustemb

07/31/2020 at 09:53AM

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#296 - mindgitrwx / @mindgitrwx

09/05/2020 at 01:12PM

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#297 - tpoeiras / @tpoeirass

08/01/2021 at 03:58AM

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#298 - Michel Viktor / @tomkpz

08/12/2021 at 03:38PM

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#299 - Salvador Tojo Quintela / @SalvadorTojo

10/12/2021 at 01:53PM

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#300 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

03/27/2022 at 09:49PM