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GOLF SLANG
9/5/2010
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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| Jail
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Where a golf ball usually lies after a hacker hits it. A place from which escape is nearly impossible. Deep rough, woods, buried lies, and other unpleasant places represent jail for a golf ball.
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| Jaws
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The yearning chasm that is in front of the cup, when a putt stops just inches short of its intended destination. For example, "He left it right in the jaws."
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| Jerk
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To pull a shot or putt left of the intended line. Also, a term used to describe a playing partner who pulls a shot or putts left of his intended line.
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| Juicy lie
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A lie in the rough where the ball is sitting atop the grass, offering a clean approach.
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| Jungle
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The thickest, deepest, nastiest rough on the course.
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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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