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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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 ...

toe-weighted

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 ...

toe weighted

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 ...

sidesaddle

Sports; Golf

A putting stance where the legs and feet are, more or less, facing the hole and the stroke is made to the side of, rather than in front of, the body. Example: Sam Snead popularized the sidesaddle ...

Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR)

Sports; Golf

A ranking system endorsed by the major championships and the main professional tours, ranking players based on points awarded for finishing position in tournaments and considering the strength of the ...

smash factor

Sports; Golf

A ratio of ball speed over club speed, which indicates how efficiently force was transferred from the clubhead to the ball. Example: Smash factor is basically a measure of how square the clubface was ...

intermediate target

Sports; Golf

A real or imaginary reference point, or target, that is on the line between the ball and the ultimate target (usually but not always fairly close to the ball) to make alignment easier. Example: An ...