| Ace |
A hole in one. |
| Address |
When Stance is taken and the club is lined to hit the ball. |
| Adjusted Gross Score |
Your score after you apply your handicap stroke allowance. |
| Aeration |
Repairing the Green |
| Albatross |
Three under Par (-3) |
| Alignment |
Position of the body prior to striking the ball |
| All Square |
Tie score in match play |
| Alternate Shot |
A competition, two
member hit the ball aslternately |
| Approach Shot |
A shot intended to hit the green. |
| Away |
Furthest from the hole, Usually player away hits the ball first |
| Back Nine |
The last nine holes of an 18 hole course. |
| Back Tee |
Furthest back placement of the tee |
| Backspin |
Ball rotating backwards |
| Ball Mark |
Indentation made by a ball upon landing on the green. |
| Beach |
Same as bunker. |
| Best Ball |
A competition, the
best net score to record on the scorecard for each hole. |
| Birdie |
One Stroke under par (-1) |
| Bite |
Golfer wanting the ball to stop yells ou "Bite" |
| Blades |
Types of Irons with a full smooth back along with a thin top
line. |
| Bogey |
One stroke above par (+1) |
| Bump and run |
A shot that lands short of the pin and rolls towards the hole. |
| Caddie |
Person assisting golf to carry the bag, read the greens, clean
the club, etc. |
| Callaway System |
A kind of golf format used in tourney where golfers do not have
real handicap indexes. Usualy
one-day handicapping system. |
| Drop |
Spot after a out of bounds shot |
| Eagle |
Two under Par (-2) |
| Elevated Green |
Green located higher than tee or fairway |
| Fade |
A trajectory or ball flight in which the golf ball comes off the
clubface moving to the left of the target before curving gently back to the
right (for a right-handed golfer; reverse directions for a left-hander). |
| Fairway |
The playing area between the tee and the green bordered by rough. |
| Fat |
Or chunk, digging the ground, instead of hitting the ball |
| First Cut |
Grass adjacent to fairway, closely mowed rough area |
| Fore |
A loud call to warn a golfer of an errant shot |
| Four Ball |
A match play, Four players two per team, using better scoring
system to detremine the wining team |
| Fringe |
The short grass surrounding the green before the fairway grass
or rough. |
| Front Nine |
The first nine holes |
| Gimmie |
Putt conceded by another player, as if putt has been holed on
next stroke |
| Grain |
The direction of the grass |
| Green in Regulation (GIR) |
The number of shots hit
required to hit the green. Always
two shots less than the par of the hole. |
| Gross Score |
The total numebr of strokes
in a round |
| Ground Under Repair |
Areas of
the course under repair, relief is allowed without penalty. |
| Hacker |
An unskilled golf er |
| Halve A Hole |
In match play, refers to a tie a hole |
| Halve A Match |
In match play, refers to a tie a match |
| Handicap |
The number of strokes a player is over par. |
| Hazard |
Permanent features on the golf course designed to obstruct play. |
| Hole High |
Location on the green even with the hole. |
| Hole In One |
The ball goes straight into the hole from your tee shot. |
| Hole Out |
To finish play on one hole by hitting the ball into the hole. |
| Honor(s) |
Last player to win a hole ( Honor) tees off first. |
| Hook |
The extreme of a “draw” |
| Knockdown Shot |
A short compact swing played to control trajectory, spin and
distance. |
| Lay Up |
Hitting the ball short of green to prevent miss shot. Also known
as managing a course. |
| Lie |
The position and condition around a ball at rest. |
| Line |
The intended path of the golf ball. |
| Links |
Golf course within only a few miles of a major body of water.
Characteristically with open rolling fairways, lots of sand, high grass and brush. |
| Lip |
The edge of the hole. |
| Lob Shot |
When you try to hit a shot where the flies to maximum height and short distance. Normally
used when you are trying to avoid an obstacle. Phil |
| Local
Rules |
Additional
rules at a given course you must follow. |
| Long Game |
That part of your game where you hit the ball over 160 yards. |
| Match Play |
A form of competition where each hole is won, lost or tied
(halved). |
| Mulligan |
Replaying any one shot during a round without
penalty. Recommend to set # of Mulligans before the game. |
| Net
Score |
A player’s
score after hand icap
deductions. |
| Nineteenth
Hole |
Clubhouse or
place you gather after playing 18 holes. |
| OB |
Out of
bounds. The area outisde the golf course not permitted to hit the ball. |
| Open
Club Face |
During
impact when clun faces opens causing ball to slice |
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| Par |
Standard
score ( +/- 0) |
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| Partner |
Players on
the same side in the same group or match. |
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| Penalty
Stroke |
A stroke
added to a player’s score due to a rule infringement. |
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| Pin |
Same as
Flagstick |
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| Pin
High |
Location on
the green even with the hole. |
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| Pin
placement (position) |
The location
of a hole on a putting green. |
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| Press |
A Second bet
or Increasing a bet during a match after it started. |
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| Provisional
Ball |
A second
shot, unsure of what may have happened to the first shot. |
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| Punch
shot |
Hitting a
compact low trajectory shot, typically hit from rough or below the wind |
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| Release |
When you hit
the ball such that it rolls freely on impact with the green. |
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| Relief |
To freely
move the ball without penalty. |
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| Rough |
The high and
thick grass area adjacent to the
fairway and green. |
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| Run |
The distance that the ball
continues to travel after it’s initial impact with the ground. |
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| Sand
Trap |
Same as
bunker. |
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| Scramble |
Team competition where
players play from the position of the best ball of a team member after every
stroke or drive. |
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| Scratch
(scratch player) |
Player who scores a net
score of even or better, or player without handycap. |
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| Shank |
Errant shot,
miss hit. |
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| Shotgun
Start |
Tournament
in which teams start from different holes at the same time |
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| Signature
Hole |
Best hole in
a course usually most photogenic. |
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| Sit |
Player
asking the ball to stop. |
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| Skins |
A betting
game that awards the money to the player with the lowest score on a hole. |
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| Skymarks |
Scratch on
top of the driver caused by miss hit |
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| Slice |
A shot that
curves dramatically left to right as a result of sidespin. (For a right
handed player) |
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| Slope |
A rating
applied to every course measuring the degree of difficulty. |
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| Stance |
Stance is
the way the golfers stand or position their feet before they play a stroke. |
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| Stroke
play |
Cumulative total number of
strokes determines the winner. |
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| Sweet
Spot |
The preferred spot on the
club face, nornally right I the middle of the club face, to strike the ball. |
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| Tee
Time |
Scheduled starting time of a
round. |
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| Tending
the Flag |
To hold the flagstick such
that a player may aim for it and then remove it as the balls approaches. |
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| Trap |
A bunker |
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| Triple
bogey |
Three over Par (+3) |
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| Undulation |
The ups and downs and uneven
contour of the green |
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| Unplayable
Lie |
The ball is in such a spot that a
golfer decides that it cannot be played. A stroke penalty |
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| Up
and Down |
When you miss the green in
regulation but still achieve par. |
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| Uphill
Lie |
When your ball comes to rest
on an uphill slope. |
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| USGA |
Abbreviation of United
States Golf Association. |
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| Utility
Wood |
Type of fairwood with
smaller head and different loft |
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| Water
Hazard |
Hazard area that ia made of
water. |
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| Whiff |
A big powerful swing
intended to hit the ball but connects only the air, causing not only backache but
heartache for your and your family and friends |
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