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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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muscle back

Sports; Golf

A style of iron head with a thick amount of metal on the lower half or two-thirds of its back side (thicker than a traditional blade iron and almost the opposite of "cavity-back" or ...

muscle-back

Sports; Golf

A style of iron head with a thick amount of metal on the lower half or two-thirds of its back side (thicker than a traditional blade iron and almost the opposite of "cavity-back" or ...

muscle-backed

Sports; Golf

A style of iron head with a thick amount of metal on the lower half or two-thirds of its back side (thicker than a traditional blade iron and almost the opposite of "cavity-back" or ...

collection area

Sports; Golf

A swale or depression in the ground, usually near the putting green on a hole, where the slopes make lots of approach shots collect. Example: I call collection areas jacuzzis or bath tubs, myself... ...

outside-in

Sports; Golf

A swing path that cuts across the target line from the far side of the target line, in relation to the player (outside), to the near side (inside) through the impact area. Example: An outside-in ...

inside-out

Sports; Golf

A swing path that travels from inside (closer to the body than) the target line to outside (farther away from the body than) the target line. Example: If the clubface is square to the target line at ...

practice swing

Sports; Golf

A swing through the air made (without hitting a ball) to work on, or feel, the movements that you intend to make when you hit the ball, or just to loosen up. Example: She always takes one practice ...

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