Taylormade drivers

Gallery: Spectators at a tournament or match.

Get Down: To putt the ball into the hole.

Get Legs: A term used by golfers to encourage 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 organization recognized 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 honor 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 causes 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.

‘F’

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 traveling 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: The person 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 match play against each other.

Foursome: A group of four golfers playing only two balls. A pair of the players forms 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.

‘E’

Eagle: To score two under par for a hole.

Equitable Stroke Control Method: Stroke index of a hole on a course. It is used in Stableford and match play competitions.

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

Exact Handicap: A player’s 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.

‘D’

Deuce: To hole out in two strokes.

Dimple: The indentations on the surface of a golf ball which affects it’s flight characteristics.

Divot: A piece of turf lifted when ball is struck – typically on fairway, played to create backspin.

Divot Fixer: Instrument to repair ball pitch marks made on the green where the ball landed.

Dogleg: A hole where the fairway hooks to the left or right thus obscuring the green from the tee.

Dormie: Term given to describe the situation when a team cannot lose a match against the competition as the number holes remaining is the same as the current lead.

Double Bogey: Two shots over the hole par.

Double D: When a driver is used on the fairway after being used for the tee shot.

Double Eagle: Three shots under the hole par; also known as albatross.

Down: Number of stokes or holes you are behind your opponent.

Downhill Lie: When the ball rests on a hill that goes down towards where you intend to strike the ball.

Downswing: The down-stroke part of a golfer’s swing.

Draw: To induce topspin onto the ball causing in to move from outside to in on your swing. Opposite is Fade.

Drive: A shot from the tee area.

Driver: A 1-Wood Club normally used for the Tee shot.

Driving Iron: A 1 or 2 iron which gives distance rather than height.

Driving Range: An area set aside for practice.

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 too 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.

‘C’

Caddie: A person who carries a players clubs. He assists a player on deciding distances and club selection. He also helps player when deciding on the line of a putt.

Carry: The distance that the ball travels in the air after being struck.

Cart: Powered buggy used to transport golfer and equipment around the course.

Cart Fee: Buggy hire fee changed for use on the course.

Cart Path: Designated carriageways for carts.

Casual Water: Water on the course that is not water hazard (such puddles after rain). Relief maybe taken when in casual water or if having to play over when on the green.

Championship: Tournaments regulated by a golfing authority recognized by the R&A.

Cavity Backed: Design of irons with hollowed out back which assists Perimeter Weighting and thus good for beginners.

Chili Dip: When the top of the ball is struck by the bottom of the club, causing it to jump straight up and plunk back down.

Chip: Hitting the ball into the air with enough flight to land on the green and roll across the green towards the hole.

Chip and Run: A shot played like a chip over a greater distance.

Chip Shot: A chip with the application of some spin.

Chipping Iron: An iron used to chip the ball onto the green.

Choke: When a golfer looses his nerve and therefore plays an important or hard shot badly.

Chunk: When the club strikes the ground well behind the ball.

Cleek: Another name for a 2 iron.

Closed Face: Turning the club face slightly inward in order to hook the ball or prevent a slice.

Closed Stance: Leading foot is nearer to the ball at address. Position normally adopted in order to hook the ball or prevent a slice.

Club: Used as a shorten name for a golf course or the equipment used to strike a ball. Golf Club; refer to the Rules for full specifications and restrictions.

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

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

Club Loft: The angle of the club face – affects the flight and distance of the ball when struck.

Clubhouse: A golf club’s administration, recreational and facilities building.

Collar: The edge around a green or bunker.

Committee: Elected management of a golf club.

Competition Scratch Score: The number shots used to recalculate handicap after a competition. The range is one below or three above the Standard Scratch. The CSS is calculated by using all the scores recorded in the competition.

Compression: The softness (Usually 90 compression) of a golf ball. Harder balls (100 compressions) are normally used in windy conditions.

Consecutive Nine-Hole Scores: To combine the score of two nine holes rounds played consecutively within seven days to arrive at a score suitable for handicap adjustment.

Course: A golf course, made up of usually 9 or 18 holes, please refer to the rules for full definition and restrictions.

Course Handicap: A handicap awarded a player based the courses SSS or CSS when playing in a competition.

Course Handicap: The stroke index of each hole on the course.

Conversion Chart Course Handicap Table: The CSS used to recalculate your handicap.

Course Rating: Used by organizations to rate the degree of difficulty of a course.

Cup: The hole in the green into which the ball is eventually putted.

Cut: When a tournament’s field is reduced after each qualifying round. Striking the ball causing it to move from inside to out of your stance.

Cut Shot: To put a backspin onto the ball when striking it onto the green causing to stop quicker on impact.