2/18/2024 0 Comments Golf lingo termsTo blade: To hit a golf ball off the leading edge producing a low ball flight without any control or spin. Opposite of a cavity back. Best to avoid these as a beginner because they’re very hard to hit. “Bite!” “get down” “sit down” “Stooooop”īlade: A kind of golf iron that has the weight in the back of the club behind the sweet spot evenly weighted from heel to toe. Opposite and complement to the follow-through or down-swing.īall-marker: Usually a coin or small plastic disk with a tiny spike to mark the position of the ball on the green so your ball doesn’t interfere with another players putt.īirdie: When you make a score one under the par of the hole.īite: Same as backspin. Can be used as an instruction to the ball. Alternatives: zip, rip, biteīack-swing: Initiation of the swing by take the club from behind the ball to behind your head. The opposite and complement to the front nine.īackspin: When you hit a ball, the grooves create a spin on the ball that rotates backward and is responsible for stopping the ball on the green or fairway and often can roll backwards. “You’re away” is a way to use this term usually when no one is hitting but should be.īack nine: Holes 10-18 on an 18 hole course. Alternative: FringeĪttend to pin: Hold the flag/pin/flag-stick while the other player putts and remove it as the ball leaves the putter face.Īway: The golfer who is next to play. Usually fro the fairway, fairway bunkers or rough after your drive.Īpron: The usually less than a yard wide grass around the edge of the green, separating the fairway and the green surface. Both golfers won the same number of holes.Īpproach shot: A shot you hit (not off the tee) that lands on the green. Alternative: Double eagleĪlignment: The relationship of the feet, shoulders and club face to the target.Īll square: A tie in matchplay. This would be a hole in one on a par 4 or a 2 on a par 5. Alternative: Hole-in-oneĪddress: To stand ready to hit a shot with the clubhead behind the ball.Īim: The direction you are trying to hit the ball.Īlbatross: When you hit the ball into the hole in 3 shots under par. AĪce: Hit the ball into the hole in one shot from the tee. The other stuff you read online is full of bloat that no one ever says. Through my 25 years on golf courses, I've whittled all the common golf terms down to only the ones you actually hear and use on the course or see in magazines. Or.read this guide and you'll be speaking like a golfer in no time. Wanna know how to sound like a fool on the golf course? Don't read this guide.
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