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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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#91 - Dave@Highgroove / @HighgrooveDave

05/22/2012 at 07:41PM

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#92 - Javier Blanco / @jbgutierrez

05/23/2012 at 08:00PM

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#93 - kuniyoshi.kouji / @purasiibo

05/26/2012 at 01:06PM

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#94 - Zygis Skulteckis / @zygis

05/27/2012 at 07:31AM

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#95 - Justin Love / @wondible

05/29/2012 at 05:07PM

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#96 - Jan Sedivy / @jan_sedivy

05/30/2012 at 03:28PM

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#97 - Øystein Walle / @oysteinwalle

05/31/2012 at 06:33PM

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#98 - Thomas Schönwälder / @Masei1988

06/03/2012 at 06:45PM

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#99 - Lajos Koszti / @Ajnasz

06/04/2012 at 03:19PM

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#100 - captain_morgan / @captain_morgan

06/05/2012 at 10:02AM

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#101 - Benoit Mortgat / @Benoit_Mortgat

06/05/2012 at 06:36PM

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#102 - Robin Landström / @R_Landstrom

06/06/2012 at 06:48PM

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#103 - Paul Gessler / @pdgessler

06/07/2012 at 03:58AM

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#104 - Asenar / @asenar

06/08/2012 at 09:36AM

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#105 - Josh Steiner / @josh_steiner

06/12/2012 at 01:06AM

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#106 - exitmouse / @exitmouse

06/13/2012 at 01:06AM

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#107 - Carlos Hernando / @chernando

06/13/2012 at 06:33PM

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#108 - Miha Filej / @mfilej

06/21/2012 at 05:32PM

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#109 - Ryan O'Connell / @Salshammath

06/21/2012 at 09:35PM

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#110 - mwatkward / @AftrschoolSpe

06/22/2012 at 11:21AM

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#111 - Brandon Montgomery / @bmonty

06/23/2012 at 07:30PM

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#112 - abernardes / @abernardes

06/25/2012 at 03:21PM

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#113 - John Dahlström / @dahlstromjohn

06/27/2012 at 09:18PM

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#114 - Marco / @xmarkoz

07/04/2012 at 06:22PM

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#115 - Saeed Nejati / @saeedn

07/12/2012 at 03:00PM

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#116 - Wei Dai / @clvv42

07/12/2012 at 08:45PM

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#117 - Raúl Jara / @rauljara

07/13/2012 at 06:58PM

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#118 - Robby Grossman / @freerobby

07/17/2012 at 04:22AM

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#119 - spytheman / @spytheman

07/17/2012 at 06:08PM

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#120 - wes / @_weslly

07/18/2012 at 03:10AM