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Aviemore Golf - Golfing terms Category: Sport and Leisure > Golf terms Date & country: 14/01/2011, UK Words: 514

closed stance
A stance taken with the right foot pulled back, away from the ball.

club
The implement used in golf to strike the ball. Consists of a shaft, grip and a clubhead of wood or metal.

club head
The hitting area of the club.

clubhouse
The main building on the course.

clubhouse lawyer
A self-appointed caller or arbiter of the rules

cock
To bend the wrists backwards in the backswing.

collar
The grassy fringe surrounding the putting green.

colorball
A team game with teams of 3 or 4 players in which one player uses a colored ball. Team score comprises the score with the colored ball plus the best of the other 2 or 3 players. Players alternate holes playing with the colored ball.

come back shot
The shot you make after you have overshot the hole.

committee
The collective name for those in charge of a competition or a course.

compression
The flattening of the ball against the clubface at impact. Also the degree of resilience of a ball.

condor
A four-under par shot. A hole-in-one on a par 5 for example. Has occurred on a hole with a heavy dogleg, hard ground and no trees. Might also be called "a triple eagle".

confusion
a game in which a point is awarded to the first player of the group to get to the green, one for the players closest to the pin and one for the first player to hole out. The winner is the player with the highest number of points.

control shot
A shot that is played with less than full power

core
The center of the golf ball.

course
The playing area which is usually made up of 9 or 18 holes with each hole having a tee off area, fairway and green

course rating
The comparison of playing one course as opposed to another in terms of difficulty. It is expressed in strokes or decimal fractions of strokes. The yardage of the course and the ability of a scratch golfer are the basis for determination

crack
To allow one's good play to suffer when under pressure.

cross-bunker
A lengthy bunker that is situated across the fairway.

cross-handed grip
A grip where your left hand is below the right.

cup
The container in the hole holds the flagstick in pace.

cuppy
A deep and enclosed lie.

cut
The score that reduces the field to a pre-determined number and eliminates players in a tournament. Usually made after 36 of a 72 hole tournament.

cut shot
A controlled shot that results in the ball stopping almost immediately on the green without roll.

dance floor
for the green. As in 'you're on the dance floor'.

dawn patrol
Golfers who tee off early to avoid the heavy traffic.

daytona
A game for 4 players divided into 2 sides. The scores of a side for each hole are combined to form a number of points; if one plyaer has a score of par or better then the lower score of the team is placed first - if the scores on a par 3 are 3 and 4 then the team score is 34. But if the best score for the hole is over par then the higher must be p...

dead ball
A ball is said to be dead when there is no doubt that it will be sank on the next shot

deep-faced
Pertaining to a clubface and meaning having a club face that is relatively thick from top to bottom.

deuce
A hole made in two strokes. Primarily used in the United States.

dimple
The round indentations on the golf ball cover which are scientifically designed to enable the ball to make a steady and true flight

divot
A piece of turf removed with by the club when making a shot. It is always replaced and tamped down.

dogleg
A left or right bend in the fairway

dormie
When playing in match play, being five up with five to go, four up with four left, etc. To be as many holes up as there are to play. Sometimes spelled dormy.

double bogey
A score of two over par for a single hole

double eagle
A score of three under par for a single hole. Same as "albatross"

down
Being a specific number of holes behind your opponent.

downhill lie
When addressing the ball and your right foot is higher than your left (for right-handed players).

downswing
The motion of swinging a club from the top of the swing to the point of impact.

DQ'd
Slang for a golfer being disqualified.

drain
To sink a putt.

draw
The pairing of golfers for a match play tournament

draw shot
A controlled "hook" used to get in position for the next shot or get out of trouble. A shot that curves from left to right. To play a shot so that it curves owing to sidespin from right to left with a right-handed player. Conversely from right to left for a left-handed player.

drive
To hit the ball with maximum force and full stroke. Usually with a driver from the tee.

drive-and-pitch
The type of hole on which the green can be reached with a drive and a pitch. Could also refer to a course where all holes are of this type.

driver
The longest-hitting modern wooden club, used primarily from the tee when maximum distance is required. Also called the No. 1 wood.

driving iron
Another name for the number one iron. Formerly one of various iron clubs used for shots through the green.

driving mashie
Obsolete club with less loft than a mashie iron and used for driving and long shots through the green.

driving putter
Obsolete wooden club used primarily for low shots into the wind.

driving range
An area or building used for the purpose of practicing tee-shots and other strokes.

drop
To deposit the ball on the course after which you put the ball back in play after it has been declared unplayable or after the ball has been lost.

dub
A missed or badly-hit shot

duff
To mishit a shot by hitting the ground behind the ball and then top the ball.

duffer
An unskilled golfer. Also called a hacker

dunk
To hit your ball into a water hazard.

eagle
Two strokes under par for a single hole. To play a hole at 2 under par.

eclectic
An individual stroke play game comprising a defined number of rounds. At the end of the series each of the competitors records his best score of the series at each hole.

eight-iron
An iron club giving distance of between 115-150 yards. Also called a pitching niblick.

equipment
Anything that is used by a player or is carried or worn. His ball in play is not included

explode
To hit the ball from sand using a steeply lofted club with the club hitting into the sand behind the ball and spraying a large amount of sand.

explosion shot
A shot that takes large quantities of sand out of a sand trap.

extra hole
As with extra innings, golfers play extra hole to break a tie.

face
The hitting area or surface of the club head

fade
A term used to describe the slight turning of the ball from left to right (by a right-handed player) at the end of its flight. From right to left for a left-handed player.

fairway
The area of the course between the tee and the green that is well-maintained allowing a good lie for the ball

fairway wood
Any other wooden club other than a driver.

fan
To miss the ball completely

fat shot
When the club hits the ground behind the ball. This results in high or low shots with a loss of distance

featherie
An old leather ball stuffed with compressed feathers. Replaced by the gutta percha after 1848. Also spelled feathery.

fescue
Grass of the genus Festuca, widely used on for rough on golf courses>

field
The players in a tournament

five-iron
An iron club used for distances between 145-180 yards for men's clubs. Also known as a mashie.

five-wood
A wooden club used for distances between 190-210 yards for men's clubs.

flag
The marker attached to the flagstick.

flag competition
A stroke play game in which each player has a flag. When the player has played the number of strokes equal to the par of the course plus his handicap, he places a flag in the course at that point. The winner is the player who goes farthest around the course with the alotted number of strokes.

flagstick
A movable marker to show the location of the hole

flange
The additional surface of the club head which protrudes at the sole

flash trap
A shallow and small sand bunker

flat swing
The type of swing that occurs when the club head is carried back in a flat manner - usually inside-out

flex
The amount of bend or the degree of stiffness of the club shaft.

flier
A ball is hit without spin and goes for a greater distance than normal

flier lie
A good lie in the rough

flight
In tournament play, the division of players with players of equal ability being placed in the same flight. Sixteen is usually the number of players in a flight however any number of players may be placed in a flight.

flip shot
A short shot played with a high trajectory with a highly lofted iron such as an eight or nine.

flub
A poorly hit shot usually caused by hitting the ground before the ball

fluffy
A ball that is sitting up in grass.

follow-through
The continuation of the swing after the ball has been hit.

fore
A warning shouted out to warn anyone who may be in danger from the flight of the ball.

forecaddie
Someone employed by the course or tournament committee to mark the position of a player's ball

form
A golfer's standard of play based on past performance.

four ball
A match in which the better ball of two players is played against the better ball of their opponents

four-iron
An iron club used for distances of between 155-190 yards for men's clubs. Also known as a mashie iron.

four-wood
A wooden club used for a distance of between 200-230 yards - for men' clubs. Also called a spoon.

foursome
A term given to four players playing together. Also a match in which two players play against another two players with each side playing one ball.

free drop
A drop where no penalty stroke is incurred.

fried-egg
A ball half-buried in the sand.

fringe
The area surrounding the putting green which is sometimes cut to a height lower than the fairway but not as short as the green itself. Same as "apron"

frog hair
The short grass that borders the edge of the putting surface

front side
The first nine holes of an 18 hole course.

full house
A game in which a player is set a points target calculated by deducting his handicap from 36. The winner is the one who surpasses his target by the most points. Scoring is 8 points for an eagle, 4 for a birdie, two for a par and 1 for bogey.