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Cantrell's latest focus is Phantom Space, one in a sea of new launch startups seeking to take advantage of the explosion of smaller, cheaper satellite designs and build rockets that can meet the growing demand to launch these payloads into orbit. But as is par for the course with Cantrell, Phantom is trying to find success by swimming against the current.
What does 'par' mean here?
"Be par for the course" is a phrase which is defined as below in Cambridge Dictionary:
If a type of behaviour, event, or situation is par for the course, it is not good but it is normal or as you would expect
So here, we can rewrite that sentence as "But as is expected with Cantrell, Phantom is trying to find success by swimming against the current.
Hope that helps..
'Par' is average, or normal. What happens as a matter of course (sic).
'Par for the course' references the sport of golf. It's the number of strokes an average player would take to get round. 1,2,3 or 4 drives to the green, and a maximum of 2 putts. Played by a 'proficient' golfer.
Par can be used on its own, as in above/below par, and often 'for the course' is implicit.
EDIT: there's a sort of irony here, though. If one is 'below par', one is not doing too well. However, if one is 'below par' on the golfcourse, one is doing better than average..!
