Vocab
Lingo
Rules
Etiquette
100
The number of strokes (or the score) a golfer is supposed to use on a given hole.
What is a Par?
100
When a right handed golfer hits the ball and the ball strongly curves to the right.
What is a slice?
100
If your ball goes out of bounds the result is a...
What is a: one stroke penalty and play the ball from the spot that you hit it when it went out of bounds
100
The right to tee off first based on having the best score on the last hole or being furthest away from the hole.
What is honors?
200
The short mown area between the tee box and green- ideally where you want your tee shot to land.
What is a fairway?
200
When a right handed golfer hits a ball that strongly curves to the left.
What is a Hook?
200
If your ball is lost you should...
What is: Look for it for 3 minutes then re-hit from the previous spot.
200
The amount of time that it takes you to complete a stroke.
What is pace of play?
300
The slightly higher cut area surrounding the green that can often be putted from.
What is the Fringe?
300
When someone hits behind the ball and takes a lot of mud/dirt/grass and the ball does not go nearly as far as it normally would.
What is a chunk or hitting it fat?
300
A second ball played when the original ball is believed to be lost or out of bounds, potentially to save time!
What is a provisional?
300
When playing with others, you should be aware of this on the putting green.
What is a "watch out for other player's lines?"
400
The start area where you take your first swing on every hole.
What is a tee box or a teeing area?
400
When you hit the ball solid: you should hit the ball then the ground.
This is what it is called when you only hit the ball & the ball does not go as high as normal, but it usually still goes far (sometimes even farther with a wedge).
What is hitting it thin? Or with a wedge (blading it)?
400
These are the 5 areas defined on a golf course.
What is 1. The General Area 2. The Teeing Area.
3. Penalty Areas 4. Bunkers. 5. The Green
400
When a player in your group is hitting, you should not stand here.
What is directly behind them or across from them in their line of sight?
500
The area of grass which typically borders the fairway and is purposely kept longer than the grass in the fairway.
What is the rough?
500
This is a word commonly yelled when you want the ball to stop rolling.
What is "SIT" or "bite"?
500
These are areas marked with white lines on the golf course.
What is ground under repair and what is out of bounds?
500
What you should not do while someone is getting ready to hit and while they are hitting?
What is talk or move?
600
A specially prepared area on the golf course (typically next to a green or in a fairway) intended to test a player's ability from the sand.
What is a bunker?
600
When trying to reach the Green could be a risky shot and it is a lot safer to hit a drive or fairway shot short of the Green.
What is a Layup?
600
This is often bodies of water or other areas (the woods) defined by the Committee where a ball is often lost or unable to be played.
What are penalty areas?
600
This should be done if you hit a ball toward someone.
What is yell FORE?
700
When a player makes a score one below par on a hole. For example: Leah made a 4 on a par 5
What is a Birdie?
700
The aspect of golf that involves shots played near or on the green, such as chipping, pitching, and putting.
What is the SHORT GAME?
700
Red stakes are used to mark these areas.
What is a lateral lazard?
700
You should do this if your ball makes a mark when landing on the green.
What is repair your divot/pitch mark?
800
A score that is one over par on a hole. For example: Lilli made a 4 on a par 3.
What is a bogey?
800
When a golfer successfully gets their ball onto the green and into the hole in just two strokes.
UP and DOWN
800
When you miss the ball that you intended to hit this is a one stroke penalty.
What is a whiff?
800
The first person to putt out on a hole should do this.
What is replace the flag stick?