Etiquette or EtiCAN't
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
This is the penalty for using a cell phone during a high school golf tournament.
Disqualification
The name given for the stick holding the flag in golf.
Pin
The name for the designated number of strokes to get the ball into the hole.
Par
This golfer recently got into a car accident. Better known for his 82 tour wins and 15 career majors.
Tiger Woods
Your course of action when ball flies in high and lands on the green it makes an indentation.
Fix your divot
This is the penalty for accidentally playing a shot with a golf ball that is not your own.
2 Stroke Penalty
The name for the short grass typically aimed for from a tee box.
Fairway
A score of 1 stroke more than par. (I.E a 5 on a par 4)
Bogey
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
Term you yell if your ball is headed in the direction of another group of person.
FORE!!
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.
The term used for a shot that you hit when you are unsure if you will be able to find your previous shot.
Provisional
Designated term for a score of 2 strokes less than par.
Eagle
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
These items make up the appropriate golf attire. (Head to Toe)
Hat, collared shirt, glove, slacks or khaki shorts, socks, golf shoes
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
For a right handed golfer, this is the term for a ball moving severely left to right in the air.
Slice
A typical 18 hole golf course has a total par of this number.
72
This course hosts the Masters tournament each year and is know for its stretch of holes called "Amen Corner"
Augusta National
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.
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
Golf jargon given to a short putt that you should typically make, but will often miss.
Knee Knocker
English (England not US) term for a score of 3 strokes less than par.
Albatross
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