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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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| Ready golf
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In ready golf each player may "fire when ready," a procedure instituted to speed up play.
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| Reload
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To hit an errant tee shot and tee up a second ball. A term also used each time the beer cart apporaches, as in "Let's reload."
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| Robbed
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Golfers love to complain about being robbed, usually when a putt doesn't break when it should have, or when a putt traveling at Mach 2 doesn't fall into the hall as it should have, or when a tee shot forty yards off line winds up six inches out of
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| Rope hook
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Term for a low, hard hook that will run great distances after hitting the ground. Very bad.
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| Run
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Whenever the ball is moving along the ground, it is said to be running. This is also what you should do if you bet and then don't have enough money to cover your losses.
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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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