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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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stiff

Sports; Golf

This is when a player hits the ball, from off the putting surface, next to or very close to the hole so that they canít miss the putt. The phrase is that they have "knocked it stiff".

stroke

Sports; Golf

When a golfer swings to hit the ball. A stroke starts on the downswing.

stroke counters

Sports; Golf

Devices that count or keep track of strokes.

stroke hole

Sports; Golf

A hole in match play where one player gets a stroke. The stroke index of the hole is what establishes whether it is a stroke hole or not.

stroke index

Sports; Golf

A determination of how difficult a particular hole is. This is used to determine Stroke Holes during stroke or match play.

stymie or oh darn

Sports; Golf

When there is something in-between the golfers ball and the green, like a 100-year-old oak tree.

sudden death

Sports; Golf

When additional holes must be played to break a tie. The first player to win a hole is the winner of the match.

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