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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verticut

Sports; Golf

A procedure to cut grass vertically (the cutting blades dig into the grass up and down rather than cutting it off horizontally) to promote new blade growth, more turf density and smoother greens or ...

comebacker

Sports; Golf

A putt (usually thought of as longer than expected) remaining after the preceding putt goes past the hole. Example: Gagandeep was sporting a sizeable comebacker after misjudging the speed on his ...

depth charge

Sports; Golf

A putt that is lagged softly down a slippery (fast) slope and intended to just get close rather than hit the mark. Example: The downhill slope was like putting on ice so I just threw a depth charge ...

afraid of the dark

Sports; Golf

A putt that narrowly misses the hole, particularly when narrow misses occur consecutively and/or repeatedly. Example: Todd's ball is afraid of the dark today.

double break

Sports; Golf

A putt with two distinctive breaks, or curves, on the ball's path/line to the hole. Example: Bernice was looking at a wicked double breaker to save her par.

double breaker

Sports; Golf

A putt with two distinctive breaks, or curves, on the ball's path/line to the hole. Example: Bernice was looking at a wicked double breaker to save her par.

toe-balanced

Sports; Golf

A putter where the toe is lower than the heel when the shaft is balanced on a fulcrum (also see face-balanced) Example: Some putters are toe-balanced and some are not; which is better is mainly a ...