RANGE – This is the area where you go to practice. It usually has many stations to hit practice shots.
READING THE GREEN – Determining which way the putt will curve based upon the slope of the green.
ROUGH – Long grass area adjacent to the fairway. Normally you try to avoid the rough.
ROUND – Complete 18 holes of golf. (i.e. a round of golf is the playing of 18 holes)
RUN – The distance the ball will travel along the ground after it lands.
SANDBAGGER – This is a golfer who purposely tells others that he is a worse golfer than he really is in order to gain an edge in competition.
SAND TRAP – The common name for a sand hazard. These are areas that are filled with sand and should be avoided.
SAND WEDGE – An iron normally used to hit the ball out of the sand. It can also be used on short pitch shots.
SANDY – A player makes a sandy when he hits a shot out of the sand and sinks the following putt.
SCRATCH GOLFER – A player who has a handicap of 0. This player will theoretically shoot even par or better every time out.
SHORT GAME – The part of the game made up of chipping, putting and other shots around the green.
SHOTGUN START – A method of starting play where players go to every tee box on the golf course and hit their tee shots at the same time. Sometimes a horn is sounded to start play.
SIDE – This is a term, which is interchangeable with the word “nine” as in front side which means the front nine or front nine holes. Now if you are really smart, you can also figure out that the back side is the back nine or last nine holes!
SIDEHILL LIE – This refers to a lie when the ball is resting on a slope and the golfer’s feet are either above or below the ball.
SLICE – This is either a piece of bread or a shot struck by a golfer which curves pretty severely from left to right (for a right handed golfer).
SLOPE RATING – USGA term that represents the difficulty of a course for bogey golfers relative to the USGA Course Rating (which represents the difficulty for scratch golfers). The higher the slope, the more difficult the course plays for bogey golfers. Slope ratings range from 55 to 155 and 113 is considered average.
SNAKE – An award
given to a player in a friendly game when the player three putts. Whoever has the snake at the end of the round usually ‘gets’ to treat the other players to a beverage.
STARTER – The person who is responsible for sending the groups of players off the first tee. Usually the starter is located somewhere close to the first hole.
STIMPMETER – This is a device which is used to calibrate the speed of the greens. Often referred to as ‘stimp’. A reading of 5 to 11 is the normal range with 5 being slow and 11 being extremely (PGA) fast!
STROKE – This is often used in the following context, “how many STROKES are you giving me” which means how many shots or additional swings are you giving me to even out the match. It can also be the term used for the actual process of swinging the club through the ball.
SUDDEN DEATH – This is a method of breaking a tied match by playing extra holes. The first player to win a hole is the winner.
SUMMER RULES – Ordinary rules according to the rulebook.
SWEET SPOT – The center point on the face of the club. When you hit it here it feels really good!
TAKEAWAY – This is what a golfer does when he starts the backswing.
TEE – This is the wooden (usually) peg which is used to hold the ball up for driving. It is also the term for the area where play begins on a particular hole (i.e. the third tee is where the third hole starts)
TEXAS WEDGE – The term for the putter when it is used from off the green.
THREESOME – Hmmm… now if you think about this you might just get it. Hint: it refers to three players playing in the same group.
TIGHT FAIRWAY – A narrow fairway with not much area on either side to miss.
TOE – This is a term for what you have on your feet OR it refers to the part of the club farthest from where it joins the shaft.
TRAJECTORY – The flight path of the ball. If it goes way up in the air it is referred to a high trajectory.
TURN – To start the back nine holes. To “make the turn” means you have finished the 1st nine holes and are “turning” to the 2nd nine.
UNDERCLUBBING – Using a club that does not provide enough distance to hit the ball to the intended target.
UNPLAYABLE LIE – A lie from which the ball can not be hit. (i.e. it is up against a tree and the player can not hit it)
WAGGLE – The movement of the clubhead just prior to the player taking a swing.
WEDGE – An iron with a high loft used for short shots requiring a high trajectory.
WHIFF – Swinging and missing the ball.
WINTER RULES – Local golf rules that permit the player to improve the lie of the ball in the fairway. There may be additional winter rules allowed depending on the golf course condition.
WOOD – A club (either wood or metal) which is used for shots requiring a lot of distance.
WORMBURNER – A shot which skims very low along the ground. Thus killing any worms that may be poking their heads up.
READING THE GREEN – Determining which way the putt will curve based upon the slope of the green.
ROUGH – Long grass area adjacent to the fairway. Normally you try to avoid the rough.
ROUND – Complete 18 holes of golf. (i.e. a round of golf is the playing of 18 holes)
RUN – The distance the ball will travel along the ground after it lands.
SANDBAGGER – This is a golfer who purposely tells others that he is a worse golfer than he really is in order to gain an edge in competition.
SAND TRAP – The common name for a sand hazard. These are areas that are filled with sand and should be avoided.
SAND WEDGE – An iron normally used to hit the ball out of the sand. It can also be used on short pitch shots.
SANDY – A player makes a sandy when he hits a shot out of the sand and sinks the following putt.
SCRATCH GOLFER – A player who has a handicap of 0. This player will theoretically shoot even par or better every time out.
SHORT GAME – The part of the game made up of chipping, putting and other shots around the green.
SHOTGUN START – A method of starting play where players go to every tee box on the golf course and hit their tee shots at the same time. Sometimes a horn is sounded to start play.
SIDE – This is a term, which is interchangeable with the word “nine” as in front side which means the front nine or front nine holes. Now if you are really smart, you can also figure out that the back side is the back nine or last nine holes!
SIDEHILL LIE – This refers to a lie when the ball is resting on a slope and the golfer’s feet are either above or below the ball.
SLICE – This is either a piece of bread or a shot struck by a golfer which curves pretty severely from left to right (for a right handed golfer).
SLOPE RATING – USGA term that represents the difficulty of a course for bogey golfers relative to the USGA Course Rating (which represents the difficulty for scratch golfers). The higher the slope, the more difficult the course plays for bogey golfers. Slope ratings range from 55 to 155 and 113 is considered average.
SNAKE – An award
given to a player in a friendly game when the player three putts. Whoever has the snake at the end of the round usually ‘gets’ to treat the other players to a beverage.STARTER – The person who is responsible for sending the groups of players off the first tee. Usually the starter is located somewhere close to the first hole.
STIMPMETER – This is a device which is used to calibrate the speed of the greens. Often referred to as ‘stimp’. A reading of 5 to 11 is the normal range with 5 being slow and 11 being extremely (PGA) fast!
STROKE – This is often used in the following context, “how many STROKES are you giving me” which means how many shots or additional swings are you giving me to even out the match. It can also be the term used for the actual process of swinging the club through the ball.
SUDDEN DEATH – This is a method of breaking a tied match by playing extra holes. The first player to win a hole is the winner.
SUMMER RULES – Ordinary rules according to the rulebook.
SWEET SPOT – The center point on the face of the club. When you hit it here it feels really good!
TAKEAWAY – This is what a golfer does when he starts the backswing.
TEE – This is the wooden (usually) peg which is used to hold the ball up for driving. It is also the term for the area where play begins on a particular hole (i.e. the third tee is where the third hole starts)
TEXAS WEDGE – The term for the putter when it is used from off the green.
THREESOME – Hmmm… now if you think about this you might just get it. Hint: it refers to three players playing in the same group.
TIGHT FAIRWAY – A narrow fairway with not much area on either side to miss.
TOE – This is a term for what you have on your feet OR it refers to the part of the club farthest from where it joins the shaft.
TRAJECTORY – The flight path of the ball. If it goes way up in the air it is referred to a high trajectory.
TURN – To start the back nine holes. To “make the turn” means you have finished the 1st nine holes and are “turning” to the 2nd nine.
UNDERCLUBBING – Using a club that does not provide enough distance to hit the ball to the intended target.
UNPLAYABLE LIE – A lie from which the ball can not be hit. (i.e. it is up against a tree and the player can not hit it)
WAGGLE – The movement of the clubhead just prior to the player taking a swing.
WEDGE – An iron with a high loft used for short shots requiring a high trajectory.
WHIFF – Swinging and missing the ball.
WINTER RULES – Local golf rules that permit the player to improve the lie of the ball in the fairway. There may be additional winter rules allowed depending on the golf course condition.
WOOD – A club (either wood or metal) which is used for shots requiring a lot of distance.
WORMBURNER – A shot which skims very low along the ground. Thus killing any worms that may be poking their heads up.
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