Golf
Lingo
Address the ball
- a player's stance before hitting the ball;
position of body in relation to the ball.
Baseball grip -
holding the club with all 10 fingers on the grip.
Bogey - to score
one over par (which is the average number of strokes it takes to get a
ball in the hole).
Chip shot - a
short approach shot with low trajectory, usually hit with some overspin.
Dance floor - the
green.
Fluffy - a ball
that sits up in the grass.
Gimme - a putt that
is certain to be made in the next shot; conceded by an opponent.
Handicap - the
number of strokes a player deducts from his/her actual score to adjust
his/her scoring ability to the level of a scratch player.
Linksman - a
golfer.
Mulligan - a
second shot that is allowed to be taken in friendly play when the player
has "muffed" the first one. Not allowed by the rules.
Overclub - to use a
club that gives too much distance.
Playing through
- passing another group of players who are playing ahead.
Release - the point
in the downswing where you uncock your wrists.
Short game - the
part of the game that is make up of chip shots, pitching, and putting.
Underclubbing -
using a club that does not give the needed distance.
Waggle -
movement of the club head prior to swinging.
A flourishing of the club behind and over the ball.
Whiff - to swing
and miss the ball completely.
Wormburner - a
ball hit with adequate distance that hugs the ground.
Yips - shakiness or
nervousness in making a shot.
Zillion - that
last hole was a bad one, I shot a ZILLION !
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