GOLF GLOSSARY
A
Abnormal
Ground Conditions
Above the
Hole
Ace
Aces and
Dueces
Acey Ducey
Address
Adjusted
Gross Score
Advice
Aeration
Air Presses
Albatross
All Square
Alternate Shot
Ambrose
Competition
Approach
Apron
Army Golf
Arnies
Auto Win
Away
B
Back Nine
Backspin
Backweight
Baffie
Bag Raid
Bail Out
Bail-Out Area
Ball in Play
Ball Mark
Ball
Retriever
Ball Striker
Ballstriking
Ball Washer
Barkie
Barranca
Belly Putter
Below the
Hole
Bentgrass
Bermudagrass
Best At
Something
Best Ball
Best Nines
Better Ball
Biarritz
Big Dog
Bingo Bango
Bongo
Birdie
Bite
Blades
Blast
Blast Out
Blind Bogey
Blind Nine
Bogey
Bogey Golfer
Bogey Rating
Bore-Through
Bounce
Bowmaker
Bramble
(format)
Brassie
Break
Bridge
Bunker
Burn
C
Caddie
Calcutta
Callaway
System
Canadian
Foursomes
Cape Hole
Carry
Cart Fee
Casual Water
Cavity Back
cc
Center of
Gravity
Chapman System
Chicago
Chicken Stick
Chili Dip
Chip or Chip Shot
Chunk
Cleek
Closed Face
Closest to
the Pin
Clubhouse
Coefficient of
Restitution
Collection Area
Committee
Compression
Conceded Putt
Cool-Season
Grasses
Coring
Country Club
Course
Course
Handicap
Course Rating
Criers and
Whiners
Criss Cross
Cross Bunker
Cut
Cut Line
Cut Shot
Cut Throat
D
Defender
Demo Day
Derby
Devil Ball
Dew Sweeper
Dimple
Pattern
Dimples
Disaster
Divot
Dogleg
Dormant
Dormie
Double Bogey
Double Eagle
Double Green
Draw
Drive
Driving Range
Duffer
E
Eagle
Eclectic
Effective Playing
Length
Elevated
Green
Eliminator
English
Equitable Stroke
Control
Even/Even Par
Executive
Course
F
Face Angle
Facing
Fade
Fairway
Fairways &
Greens
False Front
Fat
Ferrule
Fescue
Finishing
Hole
First Cut
Flags
Flagstick
Flange
Flatstick
Flex
Flier
Florida
Scramble
Flush
Footprinting
Forced Carry
Fore
Forecaddie
Fort
Lauderdale
Four Ball
Four-Man Cha
Cha Cha
Foursomes
Frequency
Matching
Fringe
Frog Hair
G
GHIN
Gimmie
Golf Club
without Real Estate
Gorse
Grain
Grass Bunker
Grass Club
Green
Green in Regulation
(GIR)
Green Fee
Greensomes
Gross (Gross
Score)
Ground Under Repair
Gruesomes
H
Hacker
Halve or Halved
Handicap
Handicap
Differential
Handicap
Index
Hardpan
Hate 'Em
Heather
Hit It Flush
Hog
Hole
Holed
Honest John
Honors
Hood - Hooded -
Hooding the Club
Hook
Hosel
I
Immovable
Obstruction
Inside the
Leather
Interlock
Interlocking
Grip
In the Bucket
Invitational
Irish Four Ball
Irons
L
Lag (Lag Putt)
Las Vegas
Lateral Water
Hazard
Lay Up
Leading Edge
Lie
Line of Play
Line of Putt
Links
Lip
Loft
Lone Ranger
Loose
Impediments
Low Putts
M
Maltby Playability
Factor
Maraging Steel
Marshall
Mashie
Mashie Iron
Mashie
Niblick
Match Play
Medalist
Medal Play
Mid Iron
Mid Mashie
Modified
Stableford
Moment of Inertia
Money Ball
Mouth Wedge
Movable
Obstruction
Mulligan
Municipal
Course
Muni
Murphy
Muscleback
Mutt and Jeff
N
Nassau
Nasties
Nearest Point
of Relief
Net (Net Score)
Niblick
Nicklauses
Nines
No Alibis
No Putts
O
Obstacle
Stroke Value
Obstruction
Odds and
Evens
Offset
One Club
Open
Open Face
Out
Out of Bounds
Over Par
Overseeding
P
Par
Par 3 Course
Par or Out
Peoria System
Perimeter
Weighting
Pick Up
Sticks
Pin
Pinehurst
(Pinehurst System)
Pin High
Pink Lady
Pitch or Pitch
Shot
Pitching
Niblick
Play Club
Play It Again,
Sam
Play Through
Poa
Polee
Pot(hole)
Bunker
Powerball
Preferred
Lies
Press (or
Pressing the Bet)
Primary Rough
Pro Shop
Progressive
Offset
Provisional
Ball
Pull
Punch (Punch
Shot)
Punchbowl
Green
Push
Putt for
Dough
Putting Cleek
R
Rabbit
Range Ball
Ready Golf
Redan / Redan
Hole
Rough
Round
Round Robin
Routing
Rub of the
Green
S
Sandbagger
Sandie (Sandy)
Sand Trap
Scotch
Foursomes
Scramble
Scratch
Golfer
Scruffy
Selected
Score
Seve
Shamble
Shank
Shoot Out
Short Side
Shotgun Start
Signature
Hole
Sixes
Skins/Skins Game
Skull
(Skulled Shot)
Slice
Slope Rating
Snowman
Snake
Snap Hook
Sod
Spade Mashie
Splashies
Split Fairway
Split Tees
Spoon
Spring-Like
Effect
Square Face
Stableford
Stadium
Course
Stance
Stealies
Stimp
Stimpmeter
Stop the
Bleeding
Strike Three
String It Out
Striping
Stroke
Stroke Play
Stymie
Swingweight
Switch
T
Teeing Ground
Tee Time
Texas
Scramble
Texas Wedge
Thin
Thirty-Two
Three Ball
Three Club
Monte
Three-Putt
Poker
Threesomes
Through the
Green
Tiger Tees
Tight Lie
Tombstone
Topdressing
Torque
TPC
Track
Trailing Edge
Trap
Triples
Trouble
2-Man No Scotch
W
Waggle
Warm-Season
Grasses
Waste Bunker
Water Hazard
Water Hole
Weekend Hacker
Whack and Hack
Whiff
Winter Rules
Wolf
Wolfman
Wormburner
Y
Yellow Ball
Yellowsomes
Yips
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