A Golfer's Tongue

By Jim Brown

Golf requires more than skill. In playing it, you not only have to know the rules but also the language. For the newbie, go ahead and learn the most basic terms used in the language game of golf.

Address - It is planting your feet by the ball and as you do this, you put your club down, and prepare to hit it.

Away - "Who''s away?" - If you are the one who is farthest from the ball, you will be the first one to play.

Birdie - If you get the ball in the hole with one hit less than the score that you are expected to make, you have hit a birdie.

Bogie -If you get the ball in the hole with one hit more than the score that you are expected to make, you have hit a bogie.

Break - In putting, it is the curve due to the slope in a green. In a golf shot, a player may say, "I got a good break" (a favorable or unfavorable sharp bounce/roll to the left or right).

Bunker - It is a sand trap on a golf course, also known as a hazard.

Caddy - He is the person who will carry the clubs for a golfer. He may also give advice on which club to use.

Carry - It refers to the distance that a golf ball must go over starting from the impact up to the point where it first hits the ground.

Fore - It is yelled when a player''s shot can threaten another player.

Green - It is the area of a golf course designed for putting or stroking.

Green Fee - It is the fee to be paid by a golfer to play on the course.

Handicap - It is a way of balancing the competitive positions of golfers of different degrees of skill.

Hazard - It is any difficult or unhelpful area in a golf course such as ponds and bunkers.

Hole - It is a 4.5 inch in diameter and at least 4-inch deep cylinder cup hacked into the ground found on the green of a golf course.

Hole in One - It is when you are able to get the golf ball from the starting point to the ending point in one single stroke.

Par - It refers to the number of strokes a golfer should require to complete each hole.

Rough - It is the unmowed grass that borders the fairway.

Scratch - A player with no handicap.

Tee - It is a small peg or cone. The tee or teeing ground is where the ball is put in play.

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