Gold Terms

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...

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Golf Terms

OFFSET – A club with the head slightly behind (or offset) the shaft.OUT-OF-BOUNDS – The area outside of the golf course limits in which play is prohibited. If you hit the ball out of bounds you must hit again from the same spot and take a penalty stroke.OVERCLUBBING – Using a club that will hit the ball farther than necessary.PAR – The number of stokes that is recommended to take to complete a hole (or 18 holes).PENALTY STROKE – An additional stroke which is added to a golfer’s score for a rules violation, going out of bounds, losing a ball,...

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INTERLOCKING GRIP – A type of grip where the little finger of the lower hand is interlocked with the index finger of the upper hand.IRON – A club with a metal head which is not a wood!JAIL – A golfer’s term for a ball hit into a lot of trees which makes it very difficult to hit your ball out of…”in jail”JUNGLE – A golfers term for heavy rough or in the woods. (i.e. in the jungle)KICK – A golfer’s term for bounce. (I got a bad kick means I got a bad bounce)LAG – To putt the ball with the intention of leaving it short of the hole so that the golfer...

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EAGLE – This is a bird in real life, but in golf it means a score of 2 under par on a hole. (I.e. a score of 3 on a par 5 hole)FACE – This is what you see when you look in the mirror and it is also the part of the clubhead that makes contact with the ball.FADE – This is a shot (for a right-handed golfer) which curves gradually from left to right.FAIRWAY – This is the area on the golf course which lies directly between the tee box and the green and is cut really short and maintained really nice. You want to hit from this area if at all possible.FAT...

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CADDIE – A person who carries a player’s clubs during play and offers assistance in accordance with the rules.CARRY – The distance in the air that a ball must travel before it hits the ground. (i.e. you need 160 yards to carry the water means you need to hit the ball 160 yards in the air to clear the water)CASUAL WATER – No this is not water dressed in blue jeans and T-shirt but rather any temporary puddles of water on the course which are not supposed to be there, like say for instance after a rainstorm. There is no penalty for a player to move...

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Golf Terms

Ever wonder what all those golf terms mean? What’s a bogey? What is all this talk about the back side? How much does a free drop cost? Unless you know the answers to these questions, you had better read up here. We’ve tried to make it a little easier for you and even inserted a couple of funnies too. We’ve researched our massive memories (that is the 1st funny!) and come up with a whole bunch of golf terms to assist you on the course and in the clubhouse. That’s right, you can be that guy who knows all the cool things to say… read on!ACE – This...

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