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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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| OB
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The abbreviation for the three saddest words in golf&mdash
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| On fire
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You're on fire when everything you do on the course seems to work out just as you planned.
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| On the screws
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Description for a well-executed shot. In the good 'ol days, when woods were made of wood, club makers fitted a piece of plastic insert into the club face as a safeguard against premature wear. These inserts were fastened to the club with screws. Wh
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| One a side
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When your sandbaggin opponent insists that his handicap is two strokes higher than yours, you'll have to give hime two strokes to make your match even. So you give him a stroke on the most difficult hole on each nine&mdash
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| Open the door
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To misplay a shot that allows your opponent back into a hole, a match, or the tournament.
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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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