If you sometimes wonder about some of the golf lingo used on the course and on TV. Take a look at a few of these terms. Perhaps this will also help get your golf language up to par.
- ACE: A hole-in-one.
- APPROACH: Any shot to the green.
- DIVOT: A piece of turf that is lifted out of the ground by the club head.
- DOGLEG: A right or left bend in the fairway.
- DRAW: A slightly curving shot from right to left for a right handed player. The opposite for a left-handed player.
- FADE: A slightly curving shot from left to right for a righthanded player. The opposite for a left-handed player.
- FAT: Striking the ground with your club before you hit the ball.
- HONOR: The right to tee off first because you had the lowest score on the previous hole.
- MULLIGAN: A second chance at the same shot, mulligans are used in friendly play. Mulligans are not allowed under the Rules of Golf.
- PIN: Slang for Flagstick.
- SLICE: For a right-handed player, a ball that curves from left to right more severely than a fade.
- WHIFF: An attempted stroke that missed the ball. The stroke counts.
(Article contributed by the Sept. 2022 issue of the Elite Ladies Golf League Newsletter.)
