Golf

Golf

Golf is a sport played with a club, usually made of wood, metal or carbon fiber, which is used to hit a small plastic ball from a tee into a hole. The game is primarily a precision and technique sport.

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rim

Sports; Golf

The top edge of the hole, above the cup. Example: My putt hit the left lip and tried to spin out but ended up falling in.

butt cap

Sports; Golf

The top end of the grip, or a plastic cap on wrapped or leather gripped clubs. Example: When a club is in an upright golf bag it is resting on its end cap/butt cap.

end cap

Sports; Golf

The top end of the grip, or a plastic cap on wrapped or leather gripped clubs. Example: When a club is in an upright golf bag it is resting on its butt cap/end cap.

end cap

Sports; Golf

The top end of the grip, or a plastic cap on wrapped or leather gripped clubs. Example: When a club is in an upright golf bag it is resting on its end cap/butt cap.

crown

Sports; Golf

The top of a club's head on a driver, fairway wood/metal, or hybrid. Example: I once had a driver with such a shiny crown that on sunny days I couldn't even see if the face was square at address.

coil

Sports; Golf

The turning of the body away from the target in the backswing (generally thought of as the turning of the shoulders against the lower body, like the coil of a spring) Example: The more coil or ...

Army golf

Sports; Golf

The unfortunate tendency to play wildly from one side of a hole to the other (rather than relatively straight or more directly the green) enroute to the cup, taken from military marching call "left, ...