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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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#211 - Pandu / @pandu_golf

01/06/2014 at 08:18AM

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#212 - pikaren / @REALpikaren

01/06/2014 at 02:49PM

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#213 - Taurus Olson / @TaurusOlson

01/31/2014 at 10:12PM

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02/03/2014 at 03:01PM

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#215 - Joonas Pihlajamaa / @jokkebk

02/20/2014 at 11:25AM

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#216 - Guillermo Galizzi / @GuilleGalizzi

02/21/2014 at 12:12AM

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#217 - Xelrifos / @Xelrifos

02/25/2014 at 07:04PM

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#218 - Milind Ganjoo / @mganjoo

03/04/2014 at 12:49AM

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#219 - Erim Secla / @Alcesmire

03/04/2014 at 06:44PM

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#220 - vimgolf copycat / @vimgolf_copycat

03/08/2014 at 06:48PM

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#221 - Matt Adelman / @Xavierstein

03/20/2014 at 07:05PM

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#222 - Felipe Jaramillo F / @mrfelipe

04/03/2014 at 03:46AM

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#223 - John Braxler / @braxler

04/10/2014 at 11:31AM

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#224 - HippieGeekGrrl / @hippiegeekgrrl

04/11/2014 at 02:25PM

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#225 - ZorgroZ / @ZorgroZ

04/11/2014 at 10:14PM

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#226 - ryk / @rykarn

05/02/2014 at 08:37PM

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#227 - Kyle Travis / @kmakai

05/16/2014 at 10:46PM

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#228 - Ram Tamtam / @ramtamtamtam

07/18/2014 at 01:17PM

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#229 - Paul Kunysch / @kunysch

07/18/2014 at 07:46PM

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#230 - LC / @leeren

08/10/2014 at 08:05PM

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#231 - Caek / @Caek_

08/13/2014 at 05:11AM

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#232 - Patrick Pitoscia / @Patrick03960431

08/16/2014 at 09:06PM

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#233 - Tj / @yrddy

08/19/2014 at 08:12AM

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#234 - olopost / @olopost

08/19/2014 at 08:12PM

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#235 - Alejandro Alemán / @alemanramos

08/20/2014 at 01:22PM

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#236 - Justin Knag / @justinknag

08/28/2014 at 12:31PM

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#237 - Kristof / @kristofv

09/08/2014 at 07:34PM

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#238 - Michael Comerford / @MComerford1

09/25/2014 at 01:53PM

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#239 - Jose Gutierrez / @Jogusa

10/22/2014 at 08:18PM

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#240 - Hanakun. / @akunohanaKUN

10/23/2014 at 05:28AM