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GOLF SLANG
5/23/2013
Golf has its own special language. If you want to look like you know what you're doing, even if you dont, you'd better master golf's own lingo.
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| A game
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The best golf you are capable of playing, a phenomenon seldom experienced by the weekend hack golfer
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| Ace
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A hole in one. Another phenomenon seldom experienced by the weekend hack golfer.
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| Afraid of the dark
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What a putt is when it won't go in the hole.
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| Air mail
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To hit a shot much farther than planned (most commonly over the green.) Amateur golfers frequently airmail approaches to greens fronted by hazards.
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| Albatross
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Another name for a double eagle, a score of three under par on a hole. The 'Albatross' is a term generally not found in the amateur's vocabulary.
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 The words and definitions found here are from The Little Book of Golf Slang by Randy Voorhees.
For more infomation, visit our Golf Books section to read up on the summary of this book and to purchase it.
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