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

Niblick
An obsolete deep-bladed more steeply lofted than a mashie, used especially for playing from sand and from the rough. Old term for a 9 iron.

nine
A nine hole course or the sequence of 9 holes of an 18 hole course.

nine Iron
An iron club giving a distance of between 105 and 140 yards for men's clubs. See "Niblick".

nineteenth hole
The bar at the clubhouse.

nose
The toe of a wooden club.

observer
A person who is appointed to assist the referee in a match, to decide questions of fact and report any breach of rules.

obstruction
Any artificial object that has been left or placed on the course with the exception of course boundary markers and constructed roads and paths.

Off-centre
A poor hit.

offset
A club with the head set behind the shaft.

one up
Used in match play to mean having scored one hole more than your opponent. Also, the score of the player who is one up.

one-iron
An iron club with a loft of approximately 17 degrees, lie of approximately 56 degrees and length of 39 inches. Men's clubs give a distance of between 185 and 220 yards. Also called a driving iron.

one-putt
To hole the ball using only one shot on the green.

one-wood
Alternate name given to the driver. open A tournament in which both amateurs and professionals are allowed to play.

open stance
The left foot is dropped behind the imaginary line of the direction of the ball. This allows the golfer to face more in the direction the ball is going to travel.

out
The first nine holes of an 18 hole course. The second 9 holes is going "in"

out of bounds
The area outside of the course in which play is prohibited. A player is penalized stroke and distance. That is he must replay the shot with a penalty of one stroke.

outside agency
Anyone who is not part of the competitors side in stroke play or not part of the match. Such as observers, forecaddies, referee etc.

overclub
To use a club that gives to much distance.

overlapping grip
As used by a right-handed player having the little finger of the right hand overlapping the space between the forefinger and second finger of the left hand. The opposite for a left-handed player.

pair
Two golfers playing together in a stroke competition. Also to assign players to play together in a competition.

pairings
Groups of two players.

par
The number of strokes a player should take to complete a round with good performance. Par for each hole is given on the scorecard.

par competition
A game in which play is against a fixed score for each hole (called the par or bogey). Scoring is as in match play with plus 1 if the player scores better than par, equal if he scores par and minus 1 if more than par. The player with the highest aggregate score is the winner.

parkland
A course laid out in grassland with little rough.

partner
A golfer who plays together with another in a match.

pawky
Old Scottish term meaning cunning or tricky.

peg
A tee.

penalty stroke
An additional stroke added to a player's score for a rules violation

persimmon
Wood with a distinctive grain used in many clubs.

PGA
Professional Golfers Association

pick up
To take up one's ball before holing out. In match play this concedes the hole or in stroke play incurs disqualification.

pill
Nickname for the ball.

pin
Same as "flagstick"

pin placement (pin position)
The position of a hole on a putting green on any given day.

pin-high
A ball even with the pin but off to one side. Same as "hole high"

pinehurst
A variation of play in which a partner plays the other partner's drive. One ball is then selected to finish the hole

pinsetter
The official responsible for pin placement>

pitch
A short shot lofting the ball into the air in a high arc and landing with backspin

pitch and putt
A short golf course designed primarily for approaching and putting.

pitch and run
The same as a pitch shot but hit with a lower-numbered club to reduce loft and backspin. This allows the ball to run after it lands on the putting green.

pitcher
Former name for a 7 or 8 iron.

pitching irons
The short irons.

pitching Niblick
Old name of an 8 iron.

pitching wedge
An iron club designed for making pitch shots

pivot
The rotation of the shoulders, trunk and pelvis during the golf swing.

placement
Accuracy in the targeting of a shot.

play
To strike the ball with a club. The action of playing the game of golf.

play club
An obsolete ancient driver.

play off
To determine a winner in a tie match by playing further holes or a further round.

playing professional
A professional golfer who primarily competes in tournaments.

playing through
Passing another group of players who are playing ahead

plus handicap
The number of strokes a player gives to adjust his ability to the common level

pop up
A short, high shot.

pot bunker
A small, deep sand trap with steep sides.

practice green
Green set up for putting practice.

preferred lie
Local rules which allow a player to improve his lie in a specific manner without penalty

pro shop
The golf course shop operated by the head professional where equipment is sold.

pro-Am
A competition which pairs professional players with amateurs.

professional
A player who receives payment for teaching or playing in tournaments. Usually shortened to Pro.

provisional ball
A ball played if the previously played ball may be lost or out of bounds.

public links
A course open to the public.

pull
A ball that goes to the left of the target with little curve as hit by a right-handed player. The converse applies to left-handed players.

punch
Low, controlled shot into the wind. It is made by slamming the club down into the ball with a short swing

push
A ball that goes to the right of the target with very little or no curving for a right handed player. Or the converse for a left-handed player. As opposed to "pull"

putt
The shot made on the putting green. From a Scottish term meaning to push gently or nudge.

putt out
To hole the ball with a putt.

putter
A short-shafted club with a straight face for putting.

putting green
The surface area around the hole that is specially prepared for putting.

quarter shot
A shot made with a reduced swing, less than that for a half shot.

quitting on the ball
Not hitting through your shot with complete effort.

rake
A high-lofted iron club that is no longer in use. It was used for playing from sand and out of water.

range
Practice area.

rap
To firmly hit a putt.

reading the green
Determining the path which the ball will take on its way to the hole by analyzing the contour and texture of the green.

recover
To play back into a satisfactory position on the fairway or onto the green from an undesirable position, such as a hazard or rough, on the course.

regular shaft
A shaft with normal flex.

release
The point in the downswing where you uncock your wrists.

reverse overlap
For a right-handed player, a putting grip in which the index finger of the right hand overlaps the little finger of the left and the converse for a left-handed player..

rifle
To play a shot accurately and for a great distance.

rim
To run round the edge of the cup.

rim out
To run around the edge of the cup and fail to fall in.

road hole
The 17th hole at St. Andrews. Reputed to be the most difficult hole in the world.

roll-on-a-shot
Turning the wrists too much at impact

rough
Long grass areas adjacent to fairway, greens, tee off areas or hazards

round
A complete game of golf - 18 holes is one round

round robin
A tournament in which every player has the opportunity to play every other player

rub of the green
Any accident, not caused by a player or caddie, that moves or stops a ball in play and for which no relief is given under the rules. This is when your ball is deflected by agencies beyond your control that are not part of the match or the competitor's side in stroke play. A bit of bad luck.

run
The distance the ball rolls on the ground or when it lands on the ground

run-up
An approach shot that is close to the ground or on the ground.

running iron
A club that is used for making short running shots.

sand iron
Also called a sand wedge. A heavy, lofted club that was used for playing from bunkers. No longer in use.

sand trap
The common name for a bunker

sand wedge
An iron with a heavy flange on the bottom that is used primarily to get out of sand traps.

sandbagger
A golfer who lies about his ability to gain an edge in the game.

sandy
Making par after being in a bunker.

scoop
An improper swing in which the club has a digging or scooping action

scotch foursome
A match that has partners alternating hitting the same ball. They also alternate driving regardless of who holed out on the previous hole.

scramble
A team competition where players play the best ball of a team member after every stroke or drive.

scratch
Par play. A zero handicap.

scratch player
A player who has no handicap