Scratch - Sports

Sports

  • Scratch golfer, a golfer with a handicap of zero
  • a term in cue sports, such as pool
  • a term used in sporting events to describe the deviation of what was scheduled. Most often used in Horse racing to describe horses who cannot run but were scheduled to
  • Scratch track (disambiguation), several meanings
  • In ice hockey, a scratch is a player who does not dress for a game. Only 20 players (22 in international competition) are allowed to dress for a game, so players who are injured or otherwise not going to play (the latter being a "healthy scratch") are considered scratches.
  • Scratch race, a track cycling discipline

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Famous quotes containing the word sports:

    “It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
    —Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

    “In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
    —Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)

    “It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
    —Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)