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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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| U-turn
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A putt that rolls all the way around the edge of the cup before coming out.
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| Ugly
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Anything bad that happens to you on the course, especially when you hit a poor shot, is ugly. So when you hit an incredibly bad shot, don't curse, just say, "Man, that was ugly," and everyone will nod in understanding.
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| Up and down
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A way of describing the short game
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| Upshoot
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A shot hit with a higher-than-anticipated trajectory to a point short of the target. Also called ballooning.
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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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