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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pitchfork

Sports; Golf

A small, commonly two-pronged, fork-like tool for repairing ball marks or pitch marks (usually associated with, but not limited to, the putting green) Example: A plain old tee can do the same job as ...

pitchfork

Sports; Golf

A small (usually) two-pronged fork-like tool used mainly for repairing the putting surface. Example: Some people simply use a tee to repair their ball marks, while others prefer to use a ...

yardage book

Sports; Golf

A small booklet (given out or sold by a course, or created by the player or caddy) to keep various yardages, landmarks, references and notes about each hole on a particular golf course. Example: The ...

cleat mark

Sports; Golf

A small bump or depression, or both, left by a golf shoe spike (usually thought of in reference to the putting green surface); the Rules of Golf do not allow spike marks to be repaired, which is ...

ball mark repair tool

Sports; Golf

ball mark tool

Sports; Golf

Stimp meter

Sports; Golf

A small, short ramp down which a golf ball rolls to give it a constant initial velocity so that the speed of greens can be measured uniformly. Example: A Stimp meter reading indicates how far a ball ...