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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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#31 - Neil / @spameldoon

04/28/2012 at 09:50AM

5

#32 - h_east (トロッコ6個) / @h_east

04/28/2012 at 09:51AM

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#33 - Tibor Claassen / @codebeige

04/28/2012 at 01:04PM

5

#34 - jDeveloper / @jDevEE

04/28/2012 at 09:47PM

5

#35 - Daumantas / @dbaltrus

04/28/2012 at 11:37PM

5

#36 - small2kuo / @small2kuo

04/29/2012 at 07:44AM

5

#37 - Mattiassich Ákos / @mattiassicha

04/29/2012 at 06:35PM

5

#38 - Renat Aksitov / @Korvin79

04/29/2012 at 08:22PM

5

#39 - Patrick Klingemann / @pklingem

04/30/2012 at 05:03AM

5

#40 - Hussein Morsy / @HusseinMorsy

04/30/2012 at 08:49AM

5

#41 - abonec / @abonec

04/30/2012 at 10:47AM

5

#42 - Sebastian Kusnier / @skusnier

04/30/2012 at 10:54AM

5

#43 - blair / @themacblair

04/30/2012 at 06:46PM

5

#44 - gschwa / @gschwa

04/30/2012 at 07:07PM

5

#45 - Timothy Hahn / @timyhahn

04/30/2012 at 08:19PM

5

#46 - Infertux / @Infertux

05/01/2012 at 12:17AM

5

#47 - Josh Schramm / @JoshReedSchramm

05/01/2012 at 12:59AM

5

#48 - ümit kablan / @udslk

05/01/2012 at 11:23AM

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#49 - Rolf Bjaanes / @rolfb

05/01/2012 at 12:13PM

5

#50 - Martin Silenus / @ms1len

05/01/2012 at 03:02PM

5

#51 - Arteom / @Arutemus

05/01/2012 at 04:28PM

5

#52 - David Xia / @davidxia_

05/01/2012 at 05:15PM

5

#53 - Christian Knappskog / @chknapp

05/01/2012 at 06:54PM

5

#54 - Mac Heller-Ogden / @twosoul

05/01/2012 at 07:17PM

5

#55 - Chris Thorn / @thorncp

05/01/2012 at 09:45PM

5

#56 - P.B. / @PlasticBarnacle

05/02/2012 at 05:01AM

5

#57 - ise0615 / @ise0615

05/02/2012 at 05:49PM

5

#58 - Eric Weikl / @ericweikl

05/02/2012 at 07:52PM

5

#59 -  Ikhsan Maulana / @ixandidu

05/03/2012 at 02:05AM

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#60 - Evan Sherwood / @neezer

05/03/2012 at 06:03PM