The Golf Minded: Golf Dictionary

This is a complete list of golf terms.

Here you have a glossary of golf terminology, just select a letter to find the meaning of the word you are looking for.

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Letter Available Golf Terms
A ace / address/ address / aggregate / air shot / albatross / alternate ball / amateur / angle of approach / approach shot / apron / attack / attend the flag / away
B back door / back lip / back nine / backspin / backswing / baff / baffle / baffy / bail out / balata / ball / ball at rest / ball embedded / ball holed / ball in play / ball marker / ball retriever / ball washer / bandit / banana ball / baseball grip / beach / bend / bend one / bent grass / bermuda / best ball / better ball / birdie / bird's nest / bite / blade / blade Putter / blast / blind Bogey / blind hole / block / bogey / bogey competition / bold / borrow / boundary / bowker / bramble / brassie / break / break / break the Wrists / British Ball / British Open / bulge / bulger / bull dog / bump and run / bunker / bunt / burn / burried ball / buzzard / bye
C caddie (caddy) / caddie master / caddie-car / Calamity Jane / can / cap / card / carpet / carry / cart / casual water / center shafted / charge / chart the course / chili-dip / chip shot / chip-and-run / chip in / choke / choke / chop / claggy / claim / cleek / closed stance / cleat / closed face / closed stance / club / club head / clubhouse / clubhouse lawyer / cock / collar / colorball / come back shot / committee / compression / condor / confusion / control shot / core / course / course rating / crack / cross-bunker / cross-handed grip / cup / cuppy / cut / cut shot
D dance floor / dawn patrol / daytona / dead ball / deep-faced / deuce / dew sweepers / dimple / divot / dogleg / dormie / double bogey / double eagle / down / downhill lie / downswing / DQ'd / drain / draw / draw shot / drive / drive-and-pitch / driver / driving iron / driving mashie / driving putter / driving range / drop / dub / duff / duffer / dunch / dunk
E eagle / eclectic / eight-iron / equipment / explode / explosion shot / extra hole
F face / fade / fairway / fairway wood / fan / fat shot / featherie / fescue / field / five-iron / five-wood / flag / flag competition / flagstick / flange / flash trap / flat swing / flex / flier / flier lie / flight / flip shot / flub / fluffy / follow-through / fore / forecaddie / form / four ball / four-iron / four-wood / foursome / free drop / fried-egg / fringe / frog hair / front side / full house
G gallery / gimme / golf / golf glove / gobble / goose-neck / gorse / grain / Grand Slam / graphite / green / green committee / green fee / green jacket / greenkeeper / greenside / grip / groove / gross score / grounding the club / ground under repair / gutta percha
H hack / hacker / half / half Shot / halved / handicap / handicap certificate / hanging lie / hazard / head / heel / hickory / hit / hog's back / hold / hole / hole high / hole in one / hole out / home and home match / home green / home pro / honor / hook / hosel / hustler
I impact / in / inland - in play / inside / interlocking grip / intended line / iron
J jail / jerk / jigger / jungle
K kick / kill the ball
L lag / lateral hazard / lay up / layout / leader board / lie / line / line up / links / linksman / lip / lob shot / local rules / loft / lofter / long game / long irons / loose impediments / low ball and total / LPGA
M make the cut / mallet / marker / markers / marshal / mashie / mashie-iron / mashie-Niblick / matched / match play / meadowland / medalist / medal play / mid-spoon / mid-iron / mid-mashie / mis-club / mis-read / mixed foursome / model swing / muff / mulligan / municipal course
N Nassau / neck / net / Niblick / nine / nine Iron / nineteenth hole / nose
O observer / obstruction / Off-centre / offset / one up / one-iron / one-putt / one-wood / open / open stance / out / out of bounds / outside agency / overclub / overlapping grip
P pair / pairings / par / par competition / parkland / partner / pawky / peg / penalty stroke / persimmon / PGA / pick up / pill / pin / pin-high / pin placement (pin position) / pinehurst / pitch / pinsetter / pitch and putt / pitch and run / pitcher / pitching irons / pitching Niblick / pitching wedge / pivot / placement / play / play club / play off / playing professional / playing through / plus handicap / pop up / pot bunker / practice green / preferred lie / professional / pro-Am / pro shop / provisional ball / public links / pull / punch / push / putt / putt out / putter / putting green
Q quail high / qualifying School / quarter shot / quitting on the ball
R R & A / rabbit / rake / range / rap / reading the green / recover / regular shaft / release / reverse overlap / rifle / rim / rim out / road hole / roll-on-a-shot / rough / round / round robin / rub of the green / run / running iron / run-up
S sandbagger / sand iron / sand trap / sand wedge / sandy / scoop / scotch foursome / scramble / scratch / scratch player / scruff / semi-private course / set / set up / seven iron / shaft / shag bag / shagging / shank / Shiperio / short game / short irons / shotgun Start / shot hole / shotmaker / shotmaking / side / sidehill lie / sink a putt / six iron / skins / skulling / sky / slice / slope / slump / smother / snake / snake / snap-hook / snipe / sole / sole plate / SPGA / spade-mashie / spike mark / spoon / spot putting / spray / spring / square stance / stableford / stance / starter / stick / stimpmetre / stipulated round / stony / straightaway / straight-faced / strike off / stroke / stroke play / stymie / sudden death / summer rules / supination / Surlyn / swale / sweet spot / swing / swing weight
T takeaway / tap in / tee / tee off / tee up / tee-shot / teeing ground / temporary green / texas wedge / thin / thread / three ball / three-iron / three-putt / three-quarter shot / threesome / three-wood / tiger tee / tight fairway / toe / toed in / top / topspin / touch / touch shot / tour / tournament / track iron / trajectory / triple bogey / trouble shot / turn
U uncock / underclubbing / underspin / unplayable lie / up / up / up and down / upright swing / USGA
V Vardon grip
W waggle / water club / water hole / wedge / whiff / whins / whipping / windcheater / whippy / winter rules / wood / wormburner
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Y yardage rating / yip / yips
Z zillion / zoomie