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Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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high side

Sports; Golf

The uphill edge of the cup when it is on any slant. Example: Bill missed his putt on the high side of the hole.

top line

Sports; Golf

The uppermost edge of an iron head as the golfer looks down on the club at address. Example: Irons come with different thicknesses of top line due to different weight ...

course management

Sports; Golf

The use of strategy, or a thoughtful plan, emphasizing strengths and accomodating weaknesses to make one's way around a golf course (as opposed to haphazardly hitting the ball and ...

game management

Sports; Golf

The use of strategy, or a thoughtful plan, emphasizing strengths and accomodating weaknesses to make one's way around a golf course (as opposed to haphazardly hitting the ball and ...

ball weight

Sports; Golf

The weight of the golf ball as specified in the Rules of Golf: not greater than 1.620 ounces (45.93 g) Example: If ball weight was not regulated golfers would not be playing the ...

championship course

Sports; Golf

There is an industry definition of regulation course, but the phrase championship course could just be meaningless marketing language, unless there is actually some noteworthy ...

lead tape

Sports; Golf

Thin adhesive strips of lead used to add weight to a club head. Example: Lead tape is easy to apply or remove to change a club's swing weight.