Putts were sliding off greens, drives were bounding into the pines and scores soared.

Reading scores have soared next to the top, students take part in leadership and conflict-resolution programs and violence has decreased.

But if the greens remain firm, and if there is even the slightest breeze, the winning score could easily soar over par.

In Pennsauken, scores in language arts and literacy among fourth-grade students have soared since the curriculum was altered to reflect what was on the state assessment.

But when the wind blows, as it usually does, the scores soar.

SAT scores from 1986 to 1990 reflected a similar pattern: an average verbal score of 350 in 1986 soared to 422 in 1990.

On Sunday, her score soared to 78, including back-to-back double bogeys on the 14th and 15th holes.

It was a quantum leap from the old thinking cap; her score soared.

I started out at the Hague with four straight pars and a bogey, but my score soared when I reached the par 4 sixth.

Mr. Figgis's otherwise broodingly good score for the film soars to absurdly religious heights every time these two make amorous contact.