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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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chip shot

Sports; Golf

A chip that has some spin on the ball.

chipping iron

Sports; Golf

A iron club, used in chipping, either on to the green or perhaps to hit out of the rough when there is no other way to get the ball back into the fairway.

club head

Sports; Golf

The end of the golf club, which has the clubface on it.

club loft

Sports; Golf

How much loft a club has as determined by the angle of the clubface. The more angled the clubface is, the higher in the air ball will go. On iron clubs the higher the number the more loft the club ...

club(s)

Sports; Golf

What a golfer uses to hit a golf ball with.

collar

Sports; Golf

The grass that surrounds a bunker or green. See fringe

cup

Sports; Golf

The hole that is in the green, which holds the flag and flagstick, where the player is attempting to put the ball in the fewest possible strokes.

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