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Sports

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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tee to green

Sports; Golf

Another way of referring to the long game. Example: Todd was good tee to green but his putting needed some help.

leave

Sports; Golf

Another word for a shot played, but used with respect to how the ball is positioned, or how it is left, for the next shot; e.g., a good "leave" would be one where the next shot is ...

heavy

Sports; Golf

Hitting the ground before the ball, usually resulting in the ball not going as far as intended. Example: That ball would have cleared the water if you hadn't hit it fat / chunky / ...

obstruction

Sports; Golf

Any artificial object except out of bounds stakes, fences or walls; an obstruction is movable if it can easily be moved without delaying play (see the Rules of Golf for many ...

looper

Sports; Golf

Someone who carries a players bag of clubs and/or assists a player with advice and the details of play. Example: She asked her caddy/looper to help her read the putt.

camber

Sports; Golf

Camberthe curve of a club's sole, either heel-to-toe or leading edge-to-back of sole, to soften the sole's edges and create a more forgiving club (notice in picture that the sole ...

closed

Sports; Golf

Can apply to the alignment of the body/stance or clubface - for a right-handed player the stance would be closed if the body were aligned to the right of the target and a closed ...