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Glossary of Terms

  • 19th Hole – Bar
  • 90 Degree rule – carts must follow cart paths and veer off only to reach the player’s ball
  • Away Etiquette – ball farthest from the hole plays first
  • Birdie – when a player completes a hole in one under par
  • Bogey – when a play completes a hole in one over par
  • Bunker – a deep sandtrap
  • Drive – the shot off the tee
  • Dogleg – a crooked or angled hole
  • Eagle – when a player completes a hole in two under par
  • Fairway – the mowed portion between tee and green
  • Foursome – a group of four players, standard play in tournaments
  • Green – finely mowed portion of the course where the hole lies
  • Handicap – a rating system based on the payer’s average score
  • Hazard – can be water or other obstacle
  • Long Game – a person’s play from the tee to the green
  • Mulligan – a do over
  • Par – the number of strokes recommended to play a hole, holes are par 3’s, 4’s or 5’s
  • Pin or Flag – the hole marker on the green
  • Putt – shots taken on a green to get the ball in the hole
  • Practice Range – area to warm up with woods and irons
  • Putting Green – warm up area for putter
  • Ranger/Marshall – person who controls pace of play
  • Ready Golf – allows a player to hit when ready, regardless of who is furthest away from the hole
  • Rough – unmaintained are off of the fairway
  • Scratch – 0 handicap, shoots around par
  • Short Game – the play around the green
  • Shot – any stroke made during playing a hole
  • Signature Hole – the hole on the course that the facility is most proud of
  • Slope – rating system for course difficulty, higher the rating the more difficult
  • Tee – starting point on each hole or device used to hold ball off of the ground
  • Tee Time – the time you are to start play

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