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Golf Glossary Of Terms
So you can't tell the
difference between a bogey and a birdie? Then this glossary
might just be for you.
Ace: A hole-in-one.
Albatross
(double eagle): Scoring three under par for a hole,
which means holing out with the first shot on a par four or
the second shot on a par five.
Birdie: Scoring one under par on any
hole.
Blade/Forged: A solid piece of
metal is beaten into the desired clubhead shape.
Blast/Explosion: A shot from a
bunker in which the club strikes the sand before the ball.
Bogey:
Scoring one over par for any hole.
Break/Line: The movement of a putt
dictated by the contours of the green.
Bunker: A sand trap
Cavity
back: A clubhead made by molten metal being
poured into a mould.
Chip: A low running shot onto the
green.
Divot:
The piece of grass taken after the ball is struck.
Dogleg: The directional turn of a
hole.
Double
Bogey: Scoring two over par on a hole.
Draw:
Shaping the ball from right to left in the air for a
right-handed player.
Driver: Intended to be the club in the
bag that hits the ball the farthest.
Eagle:
Scoring two under par for a hole, which means holing your
second shot on a par four or scoring a three on a par five.
Fade:
Shaping the ball from left to right in the air for a
right-handed player.
Fairway/Short
Grass: The area intended to receive a player's tee
shot.
Flier: A ball struck from the
rough, which carries unusually far.
Flop: A shot in which the
clubhead travels underneath the ball, causing it to go very
high, very fast.
Fore: A term used to alert fellow
golfers that an airborne golf ball might strike them.
Fringe: The grass that bridges the
fairway to the green.
Green
Fee: The cost of playing a round of golf
Green:
The area where the hole is located (where players putt).
Handicap: A system used to
equalize the abilities of differently skilled players for
scoring purposes.
Heel:
The area of the clubface closest to the golfer.
Hook: A shot that travels
dramatically from right to left in the air for a right-handed
player.
Hosel:
The part of the clubhead where the shaft is attached.
Hybrid/Utility
Club: A club that is part iron, part wood, that
generally replaces a player's longer irons.
Knockdown/Stinger: A shot that
flies very low through the air.
Lie:
How well (or poorly) the ball is sitting on the turf.
Lip-out: When a putt catches part of
the hole then changes direction.
Mulligan: To replay a shot.
OB:
When a shot travels outside the boundaries of the hole.
Par/Even: When the amount of strokes
taken corresponds to the par of the hole. Three on a par
three, four on a par four, etc.
Pitch: A short-range shot that
travels fairly high into the air.
Plane:
The angle at which the club is swung.
Rating: The average score of a scratch
golfer at a course.
Rough:
The thicker, longer grass next to the fairway.
Scratch: An advanced player who
consistently scores par or better for entire rounds.
Setup:
Consists of a player's grip, stance, posture and ball
position.
Shaft:
The long neck of the golf club that builds torque throughout
the swing.
Shank:
When the ball flies at right angles to the player.
Slice: A shot that travels
dramatically from left to right for a right-handed player.
Slope:
The average score of a higher handicap golfer (20) on a
particular course.
Snowman: Scoring an eight on a hole.
Toe:
The part of the clubface furthest away from the player.
Up &
Down: Essentially, a successful kind of recovery when
the player holes the ball within two shots.
Whiff:
A player swings yet misses the ball.
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