Etiquette or EtiCAN't
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Golf Linguistics
Gettin' Buckets
Hate the Player, Not the Course
100

An imaginary line that connects a ball to the hole when it is on the green. It is inappropriate to step on this. 

Putting line

100

This is the penalty for using a cell phone during a high school golf tournament. 

Disqualification

100

The name given for the stick holding the flag in golf. 

Pin

100

The name for the designated number of strokes to get the ball into the hole.

Par

100

This golfer recently got into a car accident. Better known for his 82 tour wins and 15 career majors. 

Tiger Woods

200

Your course of action when ball flies in high and lands on the green it makes an indentation. 

Fix your divot

200

This is the penalty for accidentally playing a shot with a golf ball that is not your own. 

2 Stroke Penalty

200

The name for the short grass typically aimed for from a tee box. 

Fairway

200

A score of 1 stroke more than par. (I.E a 5 on a par 4)

Bogey

200

This course has the famed island green par 3 as hole number 17. It is also where this week's PGA event is being held. 

TPC Sawgrass

300

Term you yell if your ball is headed in the direction of another group of person. 

FORE!!

300

This is one course of action you can take if you hit your tee shot OUT OF BOUNDS. 

1. Hit another ball from the tee. This will be your 3rd stroke

2. Take a drop on the line that your ball went out of bounds. This will be your 4th shot. 

300

The term used for a shot that you hit when you are unsure if you will be able to find your previous shot. 

Provisional

300

Designated term for a score of 2 strokes less than par. 

Eagle

300

This golfer, better known as "Lefty" has 44 career wins and is know for his wicked flop shots and touch around the greens. 

Phil Mickleson

400

These items make up the appropriate golf attire. (Head to Toe)

Hat, collared shirt, glove, slacks or khaki shorts, socks, golf shoes

400

This is the penalty for "practicing" during a tournament round. I.E holing our your putt and then hitting more putts on the green waiting for the group in front of you to tee off

2 Stroke

400

For a right handed golfer, this is the term for a ball moving severely left to right in the air. 

Slice

400

A typical 18 hole golf course has a total par of this number.

72

400

This course hosts the Masters tournament each year and is know for its stretch of holes called "Amen Corner"

Augusta National

500

This is your best course of action if you are on a tee box in practice about to tee off and you notice a group of golfers in carts coming up the previous hole's fairway. 

Tee off and then wait for the group to finish the previous hole and let them play through. 

500

These are the 3 different colored stakes that mark hazards. (Bonus 100 points if you can explain which each color represents)

Red - Lateral hazard you can drop a ball on the line it went in

Yellow - Hazard where you must play next shot from previous shot spot

White - out of bounds

500

Golf jargon given to a short putt that you should typically make, but will often miss. 

Knee Knocker

500

English (England not US) term for a score of 3 strokes less than par. 

Albatross

500

This PGA golfer had a PGA career spanning nearly 30 years and is the all time leader in majors won with 18 wins. 

Jack Nicklaus

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