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

gallery
The group of tournament spectators.

gimme
A putt that is certain to be made on the next shot and will most likely be conceded by an opponent.

gobble
An obsolete slang term meaning a hard-hit putt that holes out.

golf
The game. Played by playing a ball from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules of Golf.

golf glove
A glove generally worn by a right-handed golfer on the left hand, and by a left-handed golfer on the right hand, to improve the grip.

goose-neck
Having the neck of a club curved so that the heel is slightly offset from the line of the shaft.

gorse
A shrub primarily found on linkland type courses. It is a spiny evergreen with bright yellow flowers. Same as whin.

grain
The direction in which the grass on a putting lies after it has been shortly cut

Grand Slam
The four major championships: the British Open, the U.S. Open, PGA Championship and the Masters.

graphite
A lightweight material used to make shafts and clubheads.

green
The whole golf course according to golf rules. However, in popular usage, it refers to the putting surface.

green committee
Members of a golf club who are responsible for the maintenance and management of the course.

green fee
The charge made by the course to allow the player to use the course.

green jacket
The prize awarded to the winner of the Masters Tournament.

greenkeeper
The employee of the club who is responsible for the maintenance of the course.

greenside
Adjacent to the putting green.

grip
The part of the shaft by which the club is held. Covered with leather or other material. Also means the manner in which you hold the club

groove
Linear scoring on a clubface>

gross score
The actual number of strokes taken by a player for hole or round before the player's handicap is deducted

ground under repair
Any part of the course being repaired is ground under repair. A ball that lands in such an area must be removed without penalty.

grounding the club
Placing the clubhead behind the ball at address.

gutta percha
Material used in the manufacture of early golf balls. It was a hard, molded substance made from the sap of several types of Malaysian trees. These balls were in use from 1848 until the early 1900's.

hack
To chop violently at the ball. To make bad shots. To play bad golf.

hacker
An unskilled golfer. Same as "duffer"

half
Used in match play when score is tied on a hole. Each side credited with a half.

half Shot
A shot played with a less than full swing.

halved
When a match is played without a decision. A hole is "halved" when both sides play it in the same number of strokes

handicap
The number of strokes a player may deduct from his actual score to adjust his scoring ability to the level of a scratch golfer. It is designed to allow golfers of different abilities to basically compete on the same level.

handicap certificate
a document issued by the player's home club or golfing association that indicates his current handicap.

hanging lie
A ball resting on a downhill slope

hazard
A hazard is any sand trap, bunker or water on the course that may cause difficulty.

head
The part of the club that makes contact with the ball. Usually made of wood, iron or some substitute material.

heel
The part of the club head nearest the shaft.

hickory
Wood from a native North American tree used at the beginning of the 19th century to make club shafts. Use continued until the 1920's.

hit
To play a shot or stroke.

hog's back
A ridge of ground or a hole having a ridge on a fairway.

hold
To hit the ground and stay in place with little roll or bounce.

hole
A 4 1/4" (108 mm) round receptacle in the green - at least 4" (100 mm) deep. Also refers to one of the nine or eighteen areas between the tee and the green.

hole high
A ball that is even with the hole but off to one side

hole in one
A hole made with one stroke. Same as "ace"

hole out
To complete the play for one hole by hitting the ball into the cup

home and home match
A match made up of rounds played on the home course of each participant or group.

home green
The last hole green.

home pro
A professional who holds a position at a golf club, teaches, and plays only in local events

honor
The privilege of hitting first from the tee. Usually assigned at the first tee. After the first tee, the privilege goes to the winner of the last hole.

hook
To hit the ball in a manner that causes it to curve from right to left in the case of a right-handed player or left to right for a left hander.

hosel
The hollow part of an iron club head into which the shaft is fitted

hustler
A golfer with greater ability who purposely maintains a higher handicap in order to win more bets.

impact
The moment when the ball strikes the club. in The second nine holes as opposed to out - the first nine holes

inland
- in play Within the course (not out of bounds).

inside
Being nearer the hole than the ball of your opponent.

intended line
The line you expect the ball to travel after hit.

interlocking grip
A type of grip where the little finger of the left hand is intertwined with the index finger of the right hand for a right handed player. The converse applies to a left hander.

iron
Any one of a number of clubs with a head made of iron or steel. See definitions for individual clubs "two iron" etc.

lag
To putt the ball with the intention leaving it short to ensure being able to hole out on the next stroke

lateral hazard
Any hazard running parallel to the line of play

lay up
To play a shorter shot than normally might be attempted. Would be done to achieve a good lie short of a hazard rather than trying to hit the green in one less shot.

layout
The manner in which the holes are placed on the golf course when designed.

leader board
Sign where scores are posted during a tournament.

lie
The position in which the ball rests on the ground. The lie can be good or bad in terms of the nature of ground where is rests, the slope, and the level of difficulty in playing it. The number of strokes a player is to have played during the hole.

line
The correct path of a putt to the hole when putting. Also when on the fairway, the correct direction in which the ball to be played toward the putting green.

line up
To study the green in order to determine how the putt should be played.

links
Originally meaning a seaside course, it is now used to mean any golf course

linksman
A golfer.

lip
The top rim of the hole or cup

lob shot
A shot that goes straight up and comes almost straight down with very little spin or forward momentum. Useful when there is not much green to play to

local rules
A set of rules for a club determined by the members.

loft
The elevation of the ball in the air. Also means the angle at which the club face is set from the vertical and is used to lift the ball into the air. It is measured precisely as the angle between the face and a line parallel to the shaft.

lofter
An obsolete highly-lofted club that was the predecessor of the Niblick.

long game
Shots hit with the woods and long irons.

long irons
The relatively straight-face and longer hitting irons.

loose impediments
Any natural object that is not fixed or growing. This can include loose stones, twigs, branches, molehills, dung, worms and insects

low ball and total
A four-ball team bet in which the best ball of each team wins a point and the lowest total of the partners wins another point

LPGA
The Ladies' Professional Golf Association.

make the cut
To qualify for the final rounds of a tournament by scoring well enough in the beginning rounds

mallet
A putter that has a head that is much wider and heavier than that of a blade putter.

marker
A small object, like a coin, that is used to mark the spot of the ball when it is lifted off the putting green.

markers
The objects placed at the teeing round that indicate the area in which players must tee their balls.

marshal
A person appointed by a tournament committee to keep order and handle spectators.

mashie
Lofted iron club that was introduced in the 1880's and is no longer in use. Used for pitching with backspin. Another name for the number 5 iron.

mashie-iron
An iron club that had less of a loft than a mashie. Used for driving and full shots through the green. Another name for the number 4 iron.

mashie-Niblick
An iron club, no longer in use, with a loft somewhere between that of a mashie and a niblick. Club was used for pitching. Another name for the number 6 iron.

match play
A competition played with each hole being a separate contest. The team or player winning the most holes, rather than having the lowest score, is the winner. The winner of the first hole is "one up". Even if the player wins that hole by two or three strokes, he is still only "one up". The lead is increased every time the player ...

matched
As in a matched set of clubs. Clubs designed and made in a graded, numbered series and with consistent specifications and swing-weights.

meadowland
A lush grassland course.

medal play
A competition decided by the overall number of strokes used to complete the round or rounds. Same as "stroke play".

medalist
The player with the lowest qualifying score in a tournament

mid-iron
An iron club, no longer in use, with more loft than a driving iron. Another name for a 2 or 3 iron.

mid-mashie
Another name for the number 4 iron.

mid-spoon
An obsolete wooden club with a loft between that of the long spoon and the short spoon.

mis-club
To use the wrong club for the shot.

mis-read
To putt wrongly. To not read the green correctly.

mixed foursome
A foursome with each side has a male and female player

model swing
A totally professional swing.

muff
To mis-hit a shot.

mulligan
A second shot that is allowed to be taken in friendly play when the player has "muffed" (see above) the first one. Not allowed by the rules.

municipal course
A public course owned by local government.

Nassau
A three part bet in which separate wagers are made on the first nine, last nine and complete round.

neck
The tapered projecting part where the shaft of the club joins the head.

net
A player's final score after he subtracts his handicap.