The lingo around team golf is a little different than what people often say when they're playing and competing by themselves.
One of the best terms that's used in team golf is something that's simultaneously good and bad.
When someone says they ham-and-egged it with their partner(s), it means that the team did well on the day despite not playing their best golf all throughout the round.
In other words, when players ham-and-egg it really well, at least one player on the team is performing well at the right times. Maybe one player does a great job hitting tee shots, while the other partner does a great job putting.
Maybe it works out that one player just can't miss a shot on the front nine, but they're struggling on the back nine. To ham-and-egg it in that case would mean the teammate(s) would play great golf on the back nine to pick up their slagging teammate.
The goal in team golf is for everyone to play to the best of their abilities on every shot. The reality, though, is that almost never happens, especially in alternate shot. What's important in a scramble, shamble or a best-ball format, though, is to contribute at key times.
If all of the players on a team play poorly at the same time, it doesn't help the team score.
It's also not helpful if players are playing great at the same time in formats where a team can pick from multiple scores on the same hole. If the team is picking from multiple birdies on a single hole, but then they have to pick from multiple bogeys on the same hole, that's going to cancel out.
A team that can ham-and-egg it just happens to perform at opportune times to save scores and keep momentum going.
