Beyond terminology, the Golf plugin adds four golf-specific behaviours: hole count tracking, par totals, scoring equation variables, and result formatting relative to par.
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Each round (event) gains a Holes number input on the event details meta box. The input shows 18 as a placeholder hint — leave it empty and the event details display falls back to 18; enter any value (e.g. 9 for a short course) to override.
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The hole count is used to:
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The value is stored under the sp_holes post meta key.
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The performance table footer displays a Par row above the player rows, showing the par value for each hole or column. The row is added via:
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Par values are entered as part of the round configuration alongside hole numbers.
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The plugin adds two variables to the SportsPress equation builder via sportspress_equation_options:
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These can be combined in equations to compute over/under par. For example, a leaderboard sort equation of $strokes - $par produces a score relative to par (e.g. -3 for three under par).
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The variables are also resolved in result equations via sportspress_event_result_equation_vars.
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The plugin filters sportspress_event_results to format round results in golf terms — e.g. +2, E, -5 — based on the strokes-vs-par calculation, replacing raw numeric scores.
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The golf-specific behaviours all live on top of SportsPress's existing event and performance hooks.
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