When playing socially we play for "bits" -  "nearest the pin" on each par 3 is a bit and we carry it forward to the next par 3 if no one hits the green.

We have always called this an "ousla" or "ouslam" or something that sounds a bit like that.

Does anyone know the correct term? Its spelling or origin?

Google has failed me   

Cheers

Oozles & Foozles

At a par 3 the player on the green nearest the flag after one shot has to hole out in two putts or better for an oozle and a unit. If the player fails to do this it is a foozle and is a loss of a unit. If no-one hits the green then the oozles can accumulate on subsequent par 3s. One-off oozles can also be played for gorillas who drive par 4s. 

From Golfalot website on golf formats.

Not quite the same but my mate has recently started calling putts Brazillians.  When it just shaves the hole.

Not quite the same but my mate has recently started calling putts Brazillians.  When it just shaves the hole.

I must remember that one! Quality!

And the latest I heard was a Bin Laden - two shots in a bunker then straight in the water..

Dead sheep- when you sail a putt way passed the hole and it's "still ewe"  to play!

Dennis Wise - An ugly little 5 footer

Elton John - Just kissed the rim

Arthur Scargill - Good strike but poor result

you all must have had a Rock Hudson putt-

Looked straight all the way but turned at the end !!

"Running like a sailor's dick."

"The mole shagger" "An Angelina Jolie"