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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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range finder

Sports; Golf

a measuring device used to determine how far a player is from the hole

rough

Sports; Golf

The thick, high grass or other vegetation that runs along the fairway and sometimes around the green.

rutter

Sports; Golf

a small headed niblick for hitting the golf ball from a cart path

sandbagger

Sports; Golf

a golfer with a higher handicap than his skills indicate

sand trap

Sports; Golf

A hazard, which is a hole filled with sand. See Bunker.

sand wedge

Sports; Golf

An iron, which is a lofted club and is used to lift balls out of sand traps.

sandy (or sandie)

Sports; Golf

a score of par or better that includes a bunker shot in golf

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