Just watching the PGA tour. On the scoreboard I see par 72 and then alot of different numbers colours for each golfer. Some have a circle around the number and some don’t. Some have a red 69 for example and some a black 9 with a circle around them, but both have -9.
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The final number (72) at the end of the scorecard is the total Par for the course is, or the standard number of strokes it should take to finish the course (set by the course itself). There should be a row of numbers 1-18 indicating the hole #, and another row of numbers under that indicating the individual Par score for that hole. Either a 3,4 or 5.
The numbers you see next to the golfers name are the scoring record of that golfer on the individual holes of the course. Numbers with circles and or squares around them are a shorthand to indicate over/under par for that hole, also referred to as a birdie/bogie (or eagle/double bogey). Those are just common shorthand terms for how many strokes under/over you were on an individual hole.
There are other various components to a golfer scorecard, that I believe you are referring to, but would be hard to explain without seeing the specific card you are looking at. Some numbers indicate the golfers score at the halfway point, also called the turn. Others will indicate the final score.
For purposes of tournament golf, like in PGA, the score is totaled across 4 rounds. This is usually indicated by a -/+ number. Based on what you are saying, it sounds like the golfer you are looking at has a 69 for that round, but has a tournament score of -9 under par.
Edit: for reference https://www.wikihow.com/Read-a-Golf-Scorecard
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