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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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Created by: @matty_jwilliams Tweet

364 active golfers, 577 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#241 - Johannes H. / @neVexa

10/30/2014 at 12:52PM

5

#242 - eBrnd / @eBrnd

11/07/2014 at 05:59PM

5

#243 - deris / @deris0126

11/07/2014 at 08:24PM

5

#244 - ぷりケツにるぽ / @nillpo

01/06/2015 at 11:19AM

5

#245 - Alfonso Jerez / @Alfonso_rj

01/07/2015 at 10:01AM

5

#246 - kimber gonzalez / @kimberlycreates

02/06/2015 at 07:49PM

5

#247 - TheProgrammer971 / @tp971

03/14/2015 at 03:46PM

5

#248 - Alexander Kazakov / @volandkot

04/03/2015 at 01:17PM

5

#249 - Adrien Fabre / @statox42

05/24/2015 at 06:37PM

5

#250 - Hendrik Lammers / @hendriklammers

06/01/2015 at 07:18PM

5

#251 - Joel Gallant / @joelg236

07/12/2015 at 03:01PM

5

#252 - Ásgeir Bjarnason / @abjarnasn

07/25/2015 at 10:47PM

5

#253 - Lifepillar / @lifepillar

08/28/2015 at 01:07PM

5

#254 - Dan Moldovan / @Lenea92

09/01/2015 at 12:43PM

5

#255 - Gerald Tilma / @GeraldTilma

10/22/2015 at 02:57AM

5

#256 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

01/20/2016 at 07:02PM

5

#257 - Etienne Tremel / @etiennetremel

02/09/2016 at 09:53PM

5

#258 - tPenguinLTG / @tpenguinltg

05/13/2016 at 03:38AM

5

#259 - mattp (part of the 💉💉💉 club) / @mattpep

05/19/2016 at 10:09PM

5

#260 - Will / @obiwan__k3n00bi

08/23/2016 at 01:28AM

5

#261 - Kyouma / @kyoumaJohn

10/15/2016 at 01:05PM

5

#262 - Michał Dytko / @DytkoM

12/29/2016 at 01:09PM

5

#263 - Yann / @yannstad

03/01/2017 at 01:33AM

5

#264 - Daniel / @Daniel00288663

04/03/2017 at 11:11AM

5

#265 - Florian Gauger / @FlorianGauger

06/06/2017 at 01:10AM

5

#266 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

07/23/2017 at 02:55PM

5

#267 - Brandon Height / @Lask0x

08/08/2017 at 11:03PM

5

#268 - Bhatta Sushmith / @bsushmith

08/23/2017 at 08:14PM

5

#269 - Brandon Blakeley / @zkelvin

11/25/2017 at 07:07AM

5

#270 - Turkey Man / @lvturkeyman

11/26/2017 at 09:17AM