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Golf Europe - Golfing terms Category: Sport and Leisure > Golf Date & country: 27/04/2011, EU Words: 422

Drop
Bringing the ball back into play after striking the last shot out of bounds or into a water hazard etc. The ball is released from an outstretched arm held at shoulder height.

Duck Hook
To induce to much topspin onto the ball causing in to move from outside to in on your swing. Normally caused by turning your body to quickly through your swing.

Dunk
When a ball lands in a water hazard.

Eagle
To score two under par for a hole.

Equitable Stroke Control Method
Stroke index of a hole on a course. Used in Stableford and match play competitions.

Etiquette
A set of guidelines to promote proper behaviour on the course.

Exact Handicap
A players handicap measured to the nearest 10th.

Executive Course
A golf course with mainly par 3 and comparatively short par 4 holes.

Explode
The material carried with the ball when it is hit out of a sand bunker.

Face
That part of the club head which comes into direct contact with the ball.

Fade
To induce backspin onto the ball causing it to travel through the air following inside to out swing. Opposite is Draw.

Fairway
The playing area between the tee and the green, does not include hazards.

Fairway Hit
Landing and stopping the ball on the fairway from the tee on holes greater than par 3.

Fat Shot
When the club strikes the ground well behind the ball.

Featherie
Early golf balls with a core of compressed feathers inside a leather outer.

Field
The players in a tournament.

Flag Events
A player carries their flag until their net score has fallen behind the course using the hole stroke indexes.

Flagstick
The pole in the centre of the green with a flag attached.

Flange
The base of a club, the part that rests on the ground.

Flex
The degree that a club's shaft bends upon impact with the ball.

Flex Point
That part of a club's shaft which bends the most.

Flier
When a ball travels further than expected when using a given club, sometimes happens when playing from the rough or off a slope.

Flight
A ball is in flight when travelling through the air.

Follow-Through
That part of a golfer's swing after the ball has been struck.

Fore
To cry "Fore" is to warn other players that your ball may hit them.

Forecaddie
One who directs golfers to their balls during competition.

Forged
A club where the head is made from one piece of light alloy/metal. A forged club gives a golfer more feeling when striking the ball.

Four Ball
Where two pairs of golfers play in matchplay against each other.

Foursome
A group of four golfers playing only two balls. A pair of the players form a team and player alternate shots.The match can be scored as match play, stroke play or as a stapleford.

Fried Egg
When a ball remains in its own pitch mark when landing in a bunker.

Fringe
The short fringe surrounding the green which isolates it from the fairway.

Frog Hair
The short fringe surrounding the green which isolates it from the fairway.

Front Nine
The first nine holes of an 18 hole course.

Gallery
Spectators at a tournament or match.

Get Down
To putt the ball into the hole.

Get Legs
A term used by golfers to encourge the ball to roll when they suspect it may stop short.

GHIN
Golf Handicap Information Network.

Gimmie
When an opponent decides that it is not necessary to play the next shot, normally because you are close to the hole.

Go to School
To study the travel of a previous putt to 'read' the green.

Golf Association
An organisation recognised by the R&A that runs events and promotes golf within a region.

Gorilla
Someone who hits their tee shot a long way.

Grain
The angle at which the grass on the green lies. Playing against it or with it affects the speed of the ball when putting.

Graphite
Carbon based material used to make shafts and clubheads.

Grasscutter
A shot which travels low and fast just skimming the grass.

Green
The area of short grass surrounding the hole where the ball is hit using a putter.

Green Fee
The charge levied to play the course.

Green in Regulation
The number of shots you are expected to play before getting your ball onto the green. Always two shots less than the par of the hole.

Green Jacket
The mantle of honour given to the winner of the US Masters.

Greenie
The getting of a par or better at a hole when the ball is got onto the green in regulation.

Grip
The part of the club which the golfer holds, typically made from leather, cord, rubber or a mixture of the three.

Groove
The indentations cut into the club face which cause the ball to spin. The description given to a good repeated swing.

Gross score
Your score over 18 holes before you reduce it by taking your handicap away.

Ground Under Repair
Areas of the course under repair. Balls may be removed from them without penalty.

Grounding the Club
To place the club on the ground prior to striking the ball when addressing it.

Gutta Percha
Rubbery material used to make golf balls after 1848.

Guttie
A golf ball made of gutta percha which rendered Featheries obsolete.

Hack or Hacker
A poor golfer.

Halve A Hole
In match play, refers to a draw when both opponents take the same number of shots to complete the hole.

Halve A Match
In match play, refers to a draw when both opponents have won the same number holes in the round.

Handicap
The number of strokes a player is given to adjust his score to that of standard scratch. It allows golfers of different abilities to compete on equal terms.

Handicap Allowance
Your adjusted handicap depending on the type of competition you have entered.

Handicap Player
A golfer who has a recognised handicap awarded by a Golf Club.

Handicap System
A method of adjusting golfers' scores to a baseline such that they can compete on equal terms.

Handicap-Stroke Hole
A hole where in match play an opponent receives a shot. It is determined by the stroke index of the hole.

Hanging lie
When the ball is resting on the upside of a slope.

Haskel
First incarnation of the modern golf balls with rubber straps wound around core encased in gutta percha - rendered Gutties obsolete

Hazard
Permanent features on the golf course designed to obstruct play.

Hcp
Handicap

Head
The end of the club that includes the club face.

Heel
Where the club head is attached to the shaft.

Hit a Brick
To strike the ball on the green such that it does not roll past the cup.

Hit a House
see Hit a Brick

Hogans
A game where you have to achieve par by hitting the green in regulation, par the hole, having never hit the fairway.

Hole High
Means that the ball has landed on the green level with the hole as you are looking at it.

Hole In One
The ball goes straight into the hole from your tee shot.

Hole Out
To putt the ball into the hole.

Holed
A ball which is putted into the hole.

Home
Getting the ball onto the green.

Home Pro
Resident professional at golf club.

Honour
The honour goes to last player to win a hole or take the least number of shots. The player with the honour tees off first.

Hooded Club
Turning the club face slightly inward in order to hook the ball or prevent a slice.

Hook
To induce topspin onto the ball causing in to move from outside to in on your swing. Opposite is slice.

Hustler
One who maintains an artifically high handicap in order to win bets.

Impact
When the club strikes the ball.

In
The last nine holes of an 18 hole course.

In play
When the ball is within the playing area of the course.

Inactive Season
That part of the golfing calendar where a player cannot use his scores to adjust his handicap.

Interlocking Grip
To hold the club such that the little finger of one hands is wrapped around the fore-finger of the other.

Investment Cast
To cast metal club heads from wax moulds.

Inward Half
The last nine holes of an 18 hole course.

Iron
A metal headed club that is not a wood.

Jigger
Another name for 4 iron.

Jungle
Colloquialism for Heavy Rough.

Lag
When a golfer attempts to putt the ball near to the hole not caring whether it goes in or not.

Lateral Water Hazard
A water hazard which runs parallel to the fairway.

Layout
The design of the course.

Lie
The position of the ball at rest.

Line
The intended trajectory of the golf ball.

Line of Play
The intended travel of the ball after it has been struck.

Line of Putt
The intended travel of the ball after it has been struck on the green.