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A
Ace: A hole in one. Buy a round of drinks.
Address: The positioning of your body in relation to the ball just before starting your swing.
Airball: Your swing missed the ball.
Albatross: British term for double eagle, or three under par on one hole.
Amateur: Someone who plays for fun.
Angle of approach: The degree at which the club head moves either downward or upward into
the ball.
Approach: Your shot to the green made from anywhere except the tee.
Apron: The grass around the edge of a green, longer than the grass on the green but shorter
than the grass on the fairway.
Attend: To hold and remove the flags as a partner putts.
Away: Term used to describe the ball farthest from the hole and, thus, next to be played.
B
Back door: Rear of hole.
Back lip: The edge of a bunker.
Back nine: The second half of your round of golf; the first half is the front nine holes.
Backspin: When the ball hits the green and spins back toward the player.
Back swing: The part of the swing from the point where the club head moves away from the ball
to the point where it starts back down again.
Baffie: Old name for a 5-wood.
Bail out: You hit the shot, for example, well to the left to avoid trouble on the rigth.
Balata: Sap from a tropical tree, used to make covers for balls.
Ball at rest: The ball is not moving.
Ball marker: Small, round object, such as a coin, used to indicate the ball’s position on the
green.
Ball retriever: Long pole with a scoop on the end used to collect balls from water hazards and
other undesirable spots.
Ball washer: Found on many tees; a device for cleaning balls.
Banana ball: Shot that curves hugely from left to right
Baseball grip: To hold the club with all ten fingers on the grip.
Best ball: Game for four players; two teams of two. The low score on each side counts as the
team score on each hole.
Birdie: Score of one under par on a hole.
Bisque: Handicap stroke given by one player to another. Receiver may choose which hole it is
applied to.
Bite: A spin that makes the ball tend to stop rather than roll when it lands.
Blade: The leading edge of the club rather than the club face strikes the ball, resulting in a low
shot that tends to travel too far.
Blast: shot from a bunker that displaces a lot of sand.
Blind shot: You can’t see the target.
Block Shot that flies straight but to the right of the target.
Bogey: Score of one stroke over par on a hole.
Borrow: The amount of curve you must allow for a putt on a sloping green.
Boundary: Edge of a course. Usually marked by white stakes.
Bulge: The curve across the face of a wooden club.
Bunker: Hazard filled with sand.
Buried ball / lie: Part of the ball below the surface of sand in a bunker.
C
Caddie: The person carrying your clubs during your round of golf.
Caddie master: Person in charge of caddies.
Carry: The distance between a ball’s takeoff and landing.
Casual water: Water other than a water hazard on the course from which you can lift your ball
without penalty.
Center shafted: Putter in which the shaft is joined to the center of the head.
Charting the course: Pace each hole so that you always know how far you are from the hole.
Chip: short low flying shot to the green.
Cleat: Spike on the sole of a golf shoe.
Closed stance: Player sets up with the right foot pulled back, away from the ball.
Club length: Distance from the end of the grip to the bottom of the club head.
Compression: The flattening of the ball against the club ace.
Concede: To give an opponent a putt, hole, or match.
Core: The center of a golf ball.
Course rating: The difficulty of a course.
Cross handed: Grip with the left hand below the right.
Cross wind: Breeze blowing from right to left or from left to right.
Cup: Container in the hole that holds the flag stick in place.
Guppy lie: When the ball is in a cup like depression.
D
Dead No possible way out of the shot.
Deuce: A score of two on a given hole.
Dimple: Depression on the cover of a golf ball.
Divot: Turf displaced by the club head during a swing.
Dormie: The player who’s winning the match in match play.
Double bogey: Score of two over par on a hole.
Down swing: The part of the swing where the club head is moving down, toward the ball
Draw: Shot that curves from right to left.
Drive: Shot from teeing ground other than par 3 holes.
Driving range: Place to hit practice balls.
Drive the green: When your drive finishes on the putting surface.
Drop: Procedure by which you put the ball back into play after it has been deemed unplayable.
Duck hook Shot curving severely from right to left.
Dying putt: A putt that barely reaches the hole.
E
Eagle: Score of two under par for a hole.
Embedded ball: Portion of the ball is below ground.
Etiquette: Code of conduct.
Explode: To play a ball from a bunker moving a large amount of sand.
Extra holes: Played when a match finishes even.
F
Face: The front of a club.
Fade: Shot that curves gently from left to right.
Fairway: The surface running from tee to green.
Fairway wood: Any wooden club that’s not your driver.
Fat: To strike the ground before the ball.
Feather: To put a delicate fade on a shot.
Flag: Piece of cloth attached to the top of a flag stick.
Flag stick: The stick with the flag on top.
Flange: Projecting piece of club head behind the sole.
Flat: Swing that is less upright than normal.
Flex: The amount of bend in a shaft.
Flier: Shot that travels way too far past the target.
Fly the green: To hit a shot that lands beyond the putting surface.
Follow through: The part of the swing after the ball has been struck.
Fore: What to shout when your ball is headed toward another player.
Free Drop: Drop for which no penalty stroke is incurred, generally within one club length of
where the ball was.
Front nine: The first half of your round of golf; the second half is the back nine holes.
Full swing: Longest swing you make.
G
allery: Spectators at a tournament.
Gimme: A short putt that your opponent does not ask you to hit, assuming that you can not
possibly miss the shot.
Glove: Usually worn on the left hand by right-handed players. Helps maintain grip.
Golf widow / er: Your other half after they realise you love golf more than them.
Grain: Tendency of grass leaves to lie horizontally toward the sun.
Grand Slam: The four major championships: Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and P.G.A
Championship.
Graphite: Lightweight material used to make shafts and club heads.
Green: The shortest cut grass where you putt.
Greens fee: The cost to play a round of golf.
Green side: Close to the green.
Green some: Game in which both players on a team drive off. The better of the two is chosen
then they alternate shots from there.
Grip: Piece of rubber or leather on the end of a club. Also the hold on the club.
Groove: Scoring along the club face.
Gross score: Actual score shot before a handicap is deducted.
Ground the club: The process of placing the club head behind the ball at address, generally
touching the base of the grass.
Ground under repair: Area on the course being worked on by the grounds keeper, generally
marked by white lines, from which you may Drop your ball without penalty.
Gutta Percha: Material used to manufacture golf balls in the last century.
H
Hacker: Poor player.
Half: Tied hole.
Halve: To tie a hole.
Hanging lie: Your ball is on a slope, lying either above or below your feet.
Hard pan: Very firm turf.
Hazard: Can be either sand or water.
Head cover: Protection for the club head.
Heel: End of the club head closest to the shaft.
High side: Area above the hole on a sloping green.
Hole: 4 1/4-inch-wide hole IE: your target - the hole.
Hole high: Level with the hole.
Hole in one: An ace buy drinks.
Hole out: Complete play on a hole.
Home green: The green on the 18th hole.
Honor: When you score lowest on a given hole, thus earning the right to tee up first on the next
tee.
Hood: Tilting the toe end of the club toward the hole. Lessens the loft on a club. Usually
produces a right to left shot.
Hook: Shot that curves severely from right to left.
Horseshoe: When ball goes around the edge of the cup and comes back toward you.
Hosel: Curved area where the club head connects with the shaft.
Hustler: A golfer who plays for a living.
I
Impact: Moment when the club strikes the ball.
Impediment: Loose debris that you can remove from around your ball provided the ball does not
move.
Improve your lie: To move the ball to make a shot easier usually illegal.
In play: Within the confines of the course.
Into out: Swing path whereby the club head moves across the ball target line from left to right.
In your pocket: After you have picked up the ball.
Insert: Plate in the face of wooden clubs.
Inside out: Club head moves through the impact area on a line to the right of the target.
Inside: Area on your side of a line drawn from the ball to the target.
Intended line: The path which you want the ball to fly from club to target.
Interlocking: Type of grip where the little finger of the right hand is entwined with the index finger
of the left.
Investment cast: Clubs made from a mold.
L
Ladies day: Time when course is reserved for ladies only.
Lag: A long putt hit with the intention of leaving the ball close to the cup.
Laid off: When the club points to the left of the target at the top of the back swing.
Lateral hazard: Water hazard marked by red stakes normally parallel to the fairway.
Lay up: Conservatively played shot to avoid trouble.
Leader board: Place where lowest scores in tournament are posted
leak: Ball drifting to the right during flight.
Lie: Where your ball is on the ground. Also, the angle at which the club shaft extends from the
head.
Lift: What you are doing before you drop.
Line: The path of a shot to the hole.
Line up: To stand behind a shot to take aim.
Links: A seaside course.
Lip: Edge of a cup or bunker.
Lip out: Ball touches the edge of the cup but does not drop in.
Local rules: Set of rules determined by the members, rules committee and professionals
Loft: The degree at which a club face looks upward.
Long game: Shots hit with long irons and woods.
Loop: A change in the path of the club head during the swing.
Low handicapper: A good player.
Low side: Area below the hole on a sloping green.
L.P.G.A: Ladies Professional Golf Association.
M
Make: Hole a shot.
Makeable: Shot with a good chance of being holed.
Mallet: Putter with a wide head.
Mark: To indicate the position of the ball with a small round object.
Marker: Small, round object, such as a coin, placed behind the ball to indicate its position when
you lift it. Or the person keeping score.
Mashie: Old term for a 5 iron.
Mashie Niblick: Old term for a 7 iron.
Match of cards: Comparing your scorecard to your opponent to agree the winner.
Match play: Game played between two sides. The side that wins the most holes wins the match.
Matched set: Clubs designed to look and feel the same.
Medal play: Game played between any number of players. The player with the lowest score wins.
Metal wood: Wooden club made of metal.
Mid iron: Old term for a 2 iron.
Miniature course: Putting course.
Mis club: To use the wrong club for the distance.
Misread: To take the wrong line on a putt.
Miss the cut: To take too many strokes for the first 36 holes of 72-hole event.
Mixed foursome: Two men, two women.
Model swing: Perfect motion.
Mulligan: Second attempt at a shot, played on the first tee and is illegal.
N
Net score: Score for a hole / round after handicap strokes are deducted.
Never up never in: A putt that finishes short of the hole.
Niblick: Old term for a 9 iron.
Nine: Half of a course.
Nineteenth hole: The bar in the club house of course.
O
Offset: Club with the head set farther behind the shaft than normal.
One putt: To take only a single putt on a green.
One up: Being one hole ahead in the match score.
Open face: Club face aligned to the right of the target at address, or to the right of its path.
Open stance: Player sets up with the left foot pulled back away from the ball.
Open up the hole: When your tee shot leaves the best possible angle for the next green shot.
Out of bounds: Area outside the boundaries of the course, usually marked with white posts.
When a ball finishes here the player must return to the original spot and play another ball under a
penalty of one stroke.
Outside: Area on the far side of the ball.
Outside in: Swing path followed by the club head into the ball from outside the balls target.
Over the green: Ball distance hit too far.
Over club: To use a club that will hit the ball too far.
Overlapping: A grip where the little finger of the right hand lies over the index finger of the left
hand.
P
Pairings: Two players in groups.
Par: The score a player expects to make on a hole or a round.
Persimmon: Wood from which many wooden clubs are made.
PGA: Professional Golfers Association.
Piccolo grip: A very loose hold on the club.
Pigeon: An opponent you should easily win.
Pin placement: The location of the hole on the green.
Pitch: A short, high approach shot.
Pitch and putt: A short course.
Pitch and run: flies lower and runs more.
Pitching Niblick: Old term for an 8 iron.
Pivot: The body turn during the swing.
Plane: The arc of the swing.
Playoff: Players play extra holes to break a tie.
Play through: When the group in front of you invites you to pass.
Plugged lie: When the ball finishes half buried in the turf or in a bunker.
Plumb bob: Lining up a putt with one eye closed and the putter held vertically in front of the face.
Pop up: High short shot.
Pot bunker: Small steep faced bunker.
Practice green: Area for working on your putting.
Preferred lies: Temporary rule that allows you to move the ball to a more favorable position
because of wet conditions.
Private club: Club open to members and their guests only.
Pro Am: A competition in which professionals partner in teams with amateurs.
Provisional ball: If your ball may be lost to save time you can play another from the same spot
before searching for the first ball. If the first ball is lost the second ball is in play.
Public course: A golf course open to everyone.
Pull: A straight shot that flies to the left of a target.
Push: A straight shot that flies to the right of the target.
Putter: A straight faced club used on the greens.
R
Rake: Tool used to smooth sand after you leave a bunker.
Range: A practice area.
Range ball: Low quality ball used on a driving range.
Rap: Hit a putt firmly.
Read the green: To assess the path on which a putt needs to travel to the hole.
Regular: A shaft with normal flex.
Relief: Where you drop a ball that is in a hazard or is affected by obstruction.
Reverse overlap: Putting grip in which the little finger of the right hand overlaps the index finger
of the left hand.
Rhythm: This is the tempo of your swing.
Rifle a shot: To hit the ball hard far and straight.
Ringer score: Your best ever score at each hole on a course.
Roll: On wooden clubs, the curve on the club face from the top to the bottom of the face.
Rough: Unprepared area of long grass on both sides of a fairway.
Round: Play eighteen holes of golf.
Rub of the green: Good luck.
Run: The roll on the ball after it lands
run up: Shot to play when the ground is firm bouncing the ball onto the green and allowing it to
roll to the hole.
S
Sandbagger: A golfer who lies about their ability or handicap to gain an advantage.
Sandy: Making par after being in a bunker.
Scorecard: Where the length, par, and rating of each hole is recorded.
Scoring: The grooves on the club face.
Scramble: To play erratic golf but still score well.
Scratch play: No handicaps used in this kind of game.
Scratch player: One with a 0 handicap.
Second cut: Second level of rough grass, higher than first cut.
Semi-private: A course with members that is also open to the public.
Shaft: The part of the club that joins the grip to the head.
Shag bag: To carry practice balls.
Shallow: Narrow club face.
Shank: Shot struck from the clubs hosel which flies to the right of the intended target.
Short cut: Cut of grass on the fairway and or green.
Short game: Shots played on and around the green.
Shut: Club face aligned left at address or impact and looking skyward at the top of the back
swing. Shot goes to the left of the target.
Side hill lie: Ball is either above or below your feet.
Sink: To make a putt.
Skins: Betting game where the lowest score on a hole wins the pot.
Sky: Ball flies off the top of the club face usually very high and short.
Sleeve of balls: A box of three golf balls.
Slice: Shot that curves sharply from left to right.
Smother: To hit the ball with a closed club face.
Snake: Long putt.
Snap hook: Severe hook.
Sole: Bottom of the club head.
Sole plate: Bit of metal attached to the bottom of a wooden club.
Spade Mashie: Old term for a 6 iron.
Spike mark: Mark on the green made by a golf shoe.
Spin out: The legs move too fast in relation to the upper body on a downswing.
Spoon: Old term for a 3 wood.
Spot putting: Aiming for a point on the green over which the ball needs to run to drop into a hole.
Square: Score of a match is even.
Square face: Club face looking directly at the hole at address or impact.
Stance: Position of the feet before the swing.
Starter: Person running the order of play from the first tee.
Starting time: When you tee off at the first tee.
Stick: The pin in the hole.
Stiff: A shaft with reduced flex.
Stimp meter: Device used to measure the speed of golf course greens.
Stroke: Movement of the club to hit the ball.
Sudden death: Playoff whereby the first player to win a hole wins the match.
Superintendent: Person responsible for the upkeep of a course.
Arlyn: Material from which most golf balls are manufactured.
Sway: To move excessively to the right on the back swing without turning your body.
Sweet spot: Perfect point on the club face to strike the ball.
Swing plane: Angle at which the club shaft travels around the body during a swing.
Swing weight: The measure of a golf clubs weight to its length.
T to Z
Tap in: A very short putt.
Tee: Wooden peg on which the ball is placed for the first shot on a hole and also the area from
which that initial shot is hit.
Teeing ground: Area in which you must tee your ball, between the tee markers not in front of
them or more than two club lengths behind them.
Thin: To hit the ball around its equator.
Tight: Narrow fairway.
Tight lie: Ball on bare ground or very short grass.
Timing: The pace and the sequence of movement in a swing.
Titanium: Metal used in lightweight shafts and also in golf balls.
Torque: Twisting of a shaft at impact.
Tour: Tournament series for professionals.
Trajectory: The flight of the ball.
Triple bogey: Three over par on one hole.
Ace: A hole in one. Buy a round of drinks.
Address: The positioning of your body in relation to the ball just before starting your swing.
Airball: Your swing missed the ball.
Albatross: British term for double eagle, or three under par on one hole.
Amateur: Someone who plays for fun.
Angle of approach: The degree at which the club head moves either downward or upward into
the ball.
Approach: Your shot to the green made from anywhere except the tee.
Apron: The grass around the edge of a green, longer than the grass on the green but shorter
than the grass on the fairway.
Attend: To hold and remove the flags as a partner putts.
Away: Term used to describe the ball farthest from the hole and, thus, next to be played.
B
Back door: Rear of hole.
Back lip: The edge of a bunker.
Back nine: The second half of your round of golf; the first half is the front nine holes.
Backspin: When the ball hits the green and spins back toward the player.
Back swing: The part of the swing from the point where the club head moves away from the ball
to the point where it starts back down again.
Baffie: Old name for a 5-wood.
Bail out: You hit the shot, for example, well to the left to avoid trouble on the rigth.
Balata: Sap from a tropical tree, used to make covers for balls.
Ball at rest: The ball is not moving.
Ball marker: Small, round object, such as a coin, used to indicate the ball’s position on the
green.
Ball retriever: Long pole with a scoop on the end used to collect balls from water hazards and
other undesirable spots.
Ball washer: Found on many tees; a device for cleaning balls.
Banana ball: Shot that curves hugely from left to right
Baseball grip: To hold the club with all ten fingers on the grip.
Best ball: Game for four players; two teams of two. The low score on each side counts as the
team score on each hole.
Birdie: Score of one under par on a hole.
Bisque: Handicap stroke given by one player to another. Receiver may choose which hole it is
applied to.
Bite: A spin that makes the ball tend to stop rather than roll when it lands.
Blade: The leading edge of the club rather than the club face strikes the ball, resulting in a low
shot that tends to travel too far.
Blast: shot from a bunker that displaces a lot of sand.
Blind shot: You can’t see the target.
Block Shot that flies straight but to the right of the target.
Bogey: Score of one stroke over par on a hole.
Borrow: The amount of curve you must allow for a putt on a sloping green.
Boundary: Edge of a course. Usually marked by white stakes.
Bulge: The curve across the face of a wooden club.
Bunker: Hazard filled with sand.
Buried ball / lie: Part of the ball below the surface of sand in a bunker.
C
Caddie: The person carrying your clubs during your round of golf.
Caddie master: Person in charge of caddies.
Carry: The distance between a ball’s takeoff and landing.
Casual water: Water other than a water hazard on the course from which you can lift your ball
without penalty.
Center shafted: Putter in which the shaft is joined to the center of the head.
Charting the course: Pace each hole so that you always know how far you are from the hole.
Chip: short low flying shot to the green.
Cleat: Spike on the sole of a golf shoe.
Closed stance: Player sets up with the right foot pulled back, away from the ball.
Club length: Distance from the end of the grip to the bottom of the club head.
Compression: The flattening of the ball against the club ace.
Concede: To give an opponent a putt, hole, or match.
Core: The center of a golf ball.
Course rating: The difficulty of a course.
Cross handed: Grip with the left hand below the right.
Cross wind: Breeze blowing from right to left or from left to right.
Cup: Container in the hole that holds the flag stick in place.
Guppy lie: When the ball is in a cup like depression.
D
Dead No possible way out of the shot.
Deuce: A score of two on a given hole.
Dimple: Depression on the cover of a golf ball.
Divot: Turf displaced by the club head during a swing.
Dormie: The player who’s winning the match in match play.
Double bogey: Score of two over par on a hole.
Down swing: The part of the swing where the club head is moving down, toward the ball
Draw: Shot that curves from right to left.
Drive: Shot from teeing ground other than par 3 holes.
Driving range: Place to hit practice balls.
Drive the green: When your drive finishes on the putting surface.
Drop: Procedure by which you put the ball back into play after it has been deemed unplayable.
Duck hook Shot curving severely from right to left.
Dying putt: A putt that barely reaches the hole.
E
Eagle: Score of two under par for a hole.
Embedded ball: Portion of the ball is below ground.
Etiquette: Code of conduct.
Explode: To play a ball from a bunker moving a large amount of sand.
Extra holes: Played when a match finishes even.
F
Face: The front of a club.
Fade: Shot that curves gently from left to right.
Fairway: The surface running from tee to green.
Fairway wood: Any wooden club that’s not your driver.
Fat: To strike the ground before the ball.
Feather: To put a delicate fade on a shot.
Flag: Piece of cloth attached to the top of a flag stick.
Flag stick: The stick with the flag on top.
Flange: Projecting piece of club head behind the sole.
Flat: Swing that is less upright than normal.
Flex: The amount of bend in a shaft.
Flier: Shot that travels way too far past the target.
Fly the green: To hit a shot that lands beyond the putting surface.
Follow through: The part of the swing after the ball has been struck.
Fore: What to shout when your ball is headed toward another player.
Free Drop: Drop for which no penalty stroke is incurred, generally within one club length of
where the ball was.
Front nine: The first half of your round of golf; the second half is the back nine holes.
Full swing: Longest swing you make.
G
allery: Spectators at a tournament.
Gimme: A short putt that your opponent does not ask you to hit, assuming that you can not
possibly miss the shot.
Glove: Usually worn on the left hand by right-handed players. Helps maintain grip.
Golf widow / er: Your other half after they realise you love golf more than them.
Grain: Tendency of grass leaves to lie horizontally toward the sun.
Grand Slam: The four major championships: Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and P.G.A
Championship.
Graphite: Lightweight material used to make shafts and club heads.
Green: The shortest cut grass where you putt.
Greens fee: The cost to play a round of golf.
Green side: Close to the green.
Green some: Game in which both players on a team drive off. The better of the two is chosen
then they alternate shots from there.
Grip: Piece of rubber or leather on the end of a club. Also the hold on the club.
Groove: Scoring along the club face.
Gross score: Actual score shot before a handicap is deducted.
Ground the club: The process of placing the club head behind the ball at address, generally
touching the base of the grass.
Ground under repair: Area on the course being worked on by the grounds keeper, generally
marked by white lines, from which you may Drop your ball without penalty.
Gutta Percha: Material used to manufacture golf balls in the last century.
H
Hacker: Poor player.
Half: Tied hole.
Halve: To tie a hole.
Hanging lie: Your ball is on a slope, lying either above or below your feet.
Hard pan: Very firm turf.
Hazard: Can be either sand or water.
Head cover: Protection for the club head.
Heel: End of the club head closest to the shaft.
High side: Area above the hole on a sloping green.
Hole: 4 1/4-inch-wide hole IE: your target - the hole.
Hole high: Level with the hole.
Hole in one: An ace buy drinks.
Hole out: Complete play on a hole.
Home green: The green on the 18th hole.
Honor: When you score lowest on a given hole, thus earning the right to tee up first on the next
tee.
Hood: Tilting the toe end of the club toward the hole. Lessens the loft on a club. Usually
produces a right to left shot.
Hook: Shot that curves severely from right to left.
Horseshoe: When ball goes around the edge of the cup and comes back toward you.
Hosel: Curved area where the club head connects with the shaft.
Hustler: A golfer who plays for a living.
I
Impact: Moment when the club strikes the ball.
Impediment: Loose debris that you can remove from around your ball provided the ball does not
move.
Improve your lie: To move the ball to make a shot easier usually illegal.
In play: Within the confines of the course.
Into out: Swing path whereby the club head moves across the ball target line from left to right.
In your pocket: After you have picked up the ball.
Insert: Plate in the face of wooden clubs.
Inside out: Club head moves through the impact area on a line to the right of the target.
Inside: Area on your side of a line drawn from the ball to the target.
Intended line: The path which you want the ball to fly from club to target.
Interlocking: Type of grip where the little finger of the right hand is entwined with the index finger
of the left.
Investment cast: Clubs made from a mold.
L
Ladies day: Time when course is reserved for ladies only.
Lag: A long putt hit with the intention of leaving the ball close to the cup.
Laid off: When the club points to the left of the target at the top of the back swing.
Lateral hazard: Water hazard marked by red stakes normally parallel to the fairway.
Lay up: Conservatively played shot to avoid trouble.
Leader board: Place where lowest scores in tournament are posted
leak: Ball drifting to the right during flight.
Lie: Where your ball is on the ground. Also, the angle at which the club shaft extends from the
head.
Lift: What you are doing before you drop.
Line: The path of a shot to the hole.
Line up: To stand behind a shot to take aim.
Links: A seaside course.
Lip: Edge of a cup or bunker.
Lip out: Ball touches the edge of the cup but does not drop in.
Local rules: Set of rules determined by the members, rules committee and professionals
Loft: The degree at which a club face looks upward.
Long game: Shots hit with long irons and woods.
Loop: A change in the path of the club head during the swing.
Low handicapper: A good player.
Low side: Area below the hole on a sloping green.
L.P.G.A: Ladies Professional Golf Association.
M
Make: Hole a shot.
Makeable: Shot with a good chance of being holed.
Mallet: Putter with a wide head.
Mark: To indicate the position of the ball with a small round object.
Marker: Small, round object, such as a coin, placed behind the ball to indicate its position when
you lift it. Or the person keeping score.
Mashie: Old term for a 5 iron.
Mashie Niblick: Old term for a 7 iron.
Match of cards: Comparing your scorecard to your opponent to agree the winner.
Match play: Game played between two sides. The side that wins the most holes wins the match.
Matched set: Clubs designed to look and feel the same.
Medal play: Game played between any number of players. The player with the lowest score wins.
Metal wood: Wooden club made of metal.
Mid iron: Old term for a 2 iron.
Miniature course: Putting course.
Mis club: To use the wrong club for the distance.
Misread: To take the wrong line on a putt.
Miss the cut: To take too many strokes for the first 36 holes of 72-hole event.
Mixed foursome: Two men, two women.
Model swing: Perfect motion.
Mulligan: Second attempt at a shot, played on the first tee and is illegal.
N
Net score: Score for a hole / round after handicap strokes are deducted.
Never up never in: A putt that finishes short of the hole.
Niblick: Old term for a 9 iron.
Nine: Half of a course.
Nineteenth hole: The bar in the club house of course.
O
Offset: Club with the head set farther behind the shaft than normal.
One putt: To take only a single putt on a green.
One up: Being one hole ahead in the match score.
Open face: Club face aligned to the right of the target at address, or to the right of its path.
Open stance: Player sets up with the left foot pulled back away from the ball.
Open up the hole: When your tee shot leaves the best possible angle for the next green shot.
Out of bounds: Area outside the boundaries of the course, usually marked with white posts.
When a ball finishes here the player must return to the original spot and play another ball under a
penalty of one stroke.
Outside: Area on the far side of the ball.
Outside in: Swing path followed by the club head into the ball from outside the balls target.
Over the green: Ball distance hit too far.
Over club: To use a club that will hit the ball too far.
Overlapping: A grip where the little finger of the right hand lies over the index finger of the left
hand.
P
Pairings: Two players in groups.
Par: The score a player expects to make on a hole or a round.
Persimmon: Wood from which many wooden clubs are made.
PGA: Professional Golfers Association.
Piccolo grip: A very loose hold on the club.
Pigeon: An opponent you should easily win.
Pin placement: The location of the hole on the green.
Pitch: A short, high approach shot.
Pitch and putt: A short course.
Pitch and run: flies lower and runs more.
Pitching Niblick: Old term for an 8 iron.
Pivot: The body turn during the swing.
Plane: The arc of the swing.
Playoff: Players play extra holes to break a tie.
Play through: When the group in front of you invites you to pass.
Plugged lie: When the ball finishes half buried in the turf or in a bunker.
Plumb bob: Lining up a putt with one eye closed and the putter held vertically in front of the face.
Pop up: High short shot.
Pot bunker: Small steep faced bunker.
Practice green: Area for working on your putting.
Preferred lies: Temporary rule that allows you to move the ball to a more favorable position
because of wet conditions.
Private club: Club open to members and their guests only.
Pro Am: A competition in which professionals partner in teams with amateurs.
Provisional ball: If your ball may be lost to save time you can play another from the same spot
before searching for the first ball. If the first ball is lost the second ball is in play.
Public course: A golf course open to everyone.
Pull: A straight shot that flies to the left of a target.
Push: A straight shot that flies to the right of the target.
Putter: A straight faced club used on the greens.
R
Rake: Tool used to smooth sand after you leave a bunker.
Range: A practice area.
Range ball: Low quality ball used on a driving range.
Rap: Hit a putt firmly.
Read the green: To assess the path on which a putt needs to travel to the hole.
Regular: A shaft with normal flex.
Relief: Where you drop a ball that is in a hazard or is affected by obstruction.
Reverse overlap: Putting grip in which the little finger of the right hand overlaps the index finger
of the left hand.
Rhythm: This is the tempo of your swing.
Rifle a shot: To hit the ball hard far and straight.
Ringer score: Your best ever score at each hole on a course.
Roll: On wooden clubs, the curve on the club face from the top to the bottom of the face.
Rough: Unprepared area of long grass on both sides of a fairway.
Round: Play eighteen holes of golf.
Rub of the green: Good luck.
Run: The roll on the ball after it lands
run up: Shot to play when the ground is firm bouncing the ball onto the green and allowing it to
roll to the hole.
S
Sandbagger: A golfer who lies about their ability or handicap to gain an advantage.
Sandy: Making par after being in a bunker.
Scorecard: Where the length, par, and rating of each hole is recorded.
Scoring: The grooves on the club face.
Scramble: To play erratic golf but still score well.
Scratch play: No handicaps used in this kind of game.
Scratch player: One with a 0 handicap.
Second cut: Second level of rough grass, higher than first cut.
Semi-private: A course with members that is also open to the public.
Shaft: The part of the club that joins the grip to the head.
Shag bag: To carry practice balls.
Shallow: Narrow club face.
Shank: Shot struck from the clubs hosel which flies to the right of the intended target.
Short cut: Cut of grass on the fairway and or green.
Short game: Shots played on and around the green.
Shut: Club face aligned left at address or impact and looking skyward at the top of the back
swing. Shot goes to the left of the target.
Side hill lie: Ball is either above or below your feet.
Sink: To make a putt.
Skins: Betting game where the lowest score on a hole wins the pot.
Sky: Ball flies off the top of the club face usually very high and short.
Sleeve of balls: A box of three golf balls.
Slice: Shot that curves sharply from left to right.
Smother: To hit the ball with a closed club face.
Snake: Long putt.
Snap hook: Severe hook.
Sole: Bottom of the club head.
Sole plate: Bit of metal attached to the bottom of a wooden club.
Spade Mashie: Old term for a 6 iron.
Spike mark: Mark on the green made by a golf shoe.
Spin out: The legs move too fast in relation to the upper body on a downswing.
Spoon: Old term for a 3 wood.
Spot putting: Aiming for a point on the green over which the ball needs to run to drop into a hole.
Square: Score of a match is even.
Square face: Club face looking directly at the hole at address or impact.
Stance: Position of the feet before the swing.
Starter: Person running the order of play from the first tee.
Starting time: When you tee off at the first tee.
Stick: The pin in the hole.
Stiff: A shaft with reduced flex.
Stimp meter: Device used to measure the speed of golf course greens.
Stroke: Movement of the club to hit the ball.
Sudden death: Playoff whereby the first player to win a hole wins the match.
Superintendent: Person responsible for the upkeep of a course.
Arlyn: Material from which most golf balls are manufactured.
Sway: To move excessively to the right on the back swing without turning your body.
Sweet spot: Perfect point on the club face to strike the ball.
Swing plane: Angle at which the club shaft travels around the body during a swing.
Swing weight: The measure of a golf clubs weight to its length.
T to Z
Tap in: A very short putt.
Tee: Wooden peg on which the ball is placed for the first shot on a hole and also the area from
which that initial shot is hit.
Teeing ground: Area in which you must tee your ball, between the tee markers not in front of
them or more than two club lengths behind them.
Thin: To hit the ball around its equator.
Tight: Narrow fairway.
Tight lie: Ball on bare ground or very short grass.
Timing: The pace and the sequence of movement in a swing.
Titanium: Metal used in lightweight shafts and also in golf balls.
Torque: Twisting of a shaft at impact.
Tour: Tournament series for professionals.
Trajectory: The flight of the ball.
Triple bogey: Three over par on one hole.
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