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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PGA Tour

Sports; Golf

The PGA is the organizer and promoter of most of the professional golf tournaments in the United States. However, they do not run or organize the Masters, the PGA Championship or the US Open.

pin high

Sports; Golf

A shot that has landed even with the hole on the green.

pitch and run

Sports; Golf

The ball is off the green and the player will take a club that will pitch the ball on the green and will also provide enough momentum to the ball that it will roll close to the pin.

pitching wedge

Sports; Golf

A club with a face angle of between 48 to 50 degrees that is used to hit lofted shots.

playing through

Sports; Golf

When one group of golfers is playing slower then the group behind them, golfing etiquette says you should let the faster group go ahead of the slower group.

pot bunker

Sports; Golf

A bunker that has a small circumference but is a very deep sand bunker.

preferred lie

Sports; Golf

This allows a golfer to move his/her ball to the nearest point of relief, a place where the ball can be hit, that is not closer to the hole. As an example would be when playing during winter rules, a ...