Golf terms – definitions please!?
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Hook
Slice
Mulligan
Whаt dο thе facts οn thе clubs mean?
Whаt іѕ thе dіffеrеnсе between a wedge аnd аn iron?
Whаt аrе thе different areas οf thе course called?
Hοw much closer аrе thе ladies’ tees?
Besides length, іѕ here аnу οthеr dіffеrеnсе between mens’ аnd ladies’ clubs?
Whеrе аrе уου allowable tο drive thе cart?
Chip shot οr chipping?
Lob?
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Hook ?
Slice When you jab at the ball
Mulligan ?
Facts on clubs mean the higher the number on a driver the farther it will go and number on irons is the higher the number the higher it will go.
difference between wedge and iron ?
different areas of course high grass is called the”Rough”, medium grass is called the “Fairway”, and low grass where the hole is, is called the”Green”.
Ladies Tees ?
Besides length any difference between mens ladies clubs no
Drive cart outside the green and fairway
hook and slice are where the ball curves right or left, I reflect slice is right and hook is left, but I’m not sure
Mulligan is where you don’t like your shot so you hit a further ball and don’t count your first shot, its not legal in competition but most people do it when they are just out for fun
the facts are the different angles of the club face, the higher the number the more it angles back, this means the ball will go higher but not as far, so a 9 iron will go higher and maybe 120 yards, but a 6 iron will not have as much arc but go 170 yards. the P is for pitching wedge and is higher than 9 (like a 10) and the S is for sand wedge which is basically an 11.
A wedge is an iron that is speciffically a high number or a pitching wedge etc, typically golfers use the club with the most angled face (ie sand wedge, or if they dont have a sand wedge, a pitching wedge) for chipping small shots. An iron is any club that is not a driver or mess (ie it doesn’t have a huge head, just a thin striking surface)
the areas on the course are:
green: the really small grass near the hole,
Tee: the area you hit your first shot from,
Fairway: the shortest grass between the tee and green
Rough: areas of long grass
fringe: a small ring around the green of grass that is somewhere between the green and fairway in length.
bunker: a sand trap
the ladies tees vary with every hole and every course, but typically they can be 20 to 50 yards closer to the hole, but here are no set rules for this
The difference between mens and womens clubs is just length and the stiffness of the shaft, women tend to be shorter and not swing as hard, so they use shorter clubs with softer shafts (the harder you swing, the less flex you want in your shafts), but if you get custom fitted clubs which is the best way to go, here is no difference, they are just made for your height and swing speed/style regardless of gender
cart rules vary by course, they are allways forbidden on greens and tees. on dry days they typically let you drive anywhere on the fairways, on wet days they may limit you to the path only, other days they use the 90 degree rule which means drive down the cart path to 90 degrees from your ball, then you can drive straight across the fairway to your ball and straight back to the path, this lets you drive right to your ball but limits the amount of wear and tear done to the grass.
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Hook – to induce topspin onto the ball causing in to go from outside to in on your swing. Opposite is slice.
Slice – to induce too much backspin onto the ball causing it to travel through the air following surrounded by to out swing. Opposite is Hook.
Mulligan – when a player is allowable to answer any one shot per hole.
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Golf course areas – tee box, rough, fairway, out of bounds, green, fringe, cup or hole, sand trap, penalty drop box
Ladies tees can range from 10 yards to over 100 yards depending on the course and the difficulty of the hole
Difference is weight
Drive the cart on the cart path or fairway, not in traps or on the green. Courses usually mark where you can go.
Hook – ball curves sharply to the side opposite of your strong hand, i.e., if you’re right-handed, the ball curves sharply to the left. This is a terrible shot.
Draw – ball curves slightly to the side opposite of your strong hand. This is a more desirable shot.
Slice – ball curves sharply to the side of your strong hand. Terrible shot.
Fade – ball curves slightly to the side of your strong hand. Excellent shot.
Mulligan – you get to take the shot over with no penalty.
Facts on the clubs indicate the loft. A 2 iron has a low loft, about 18 degrees. A 9 iron has a high loft, about 46 degrees.
A wedge is an iron, it is just the highest lofted of the irons. Here are three types, a pitching wedge (which I’ve seen labeled as a 10 iron), a sand wedge (higher loft and “bounce”) and a lob wedge (highest loft of them all). Loft for wedges can be between 48 and 65 degrees.
Parts of the course are the Practice range, practice green, tee boxes, fairways, rough, water hazards, sand traps or bunkers, fringe, and greens.
Ladies tees can be anywhere from just a yard or two closer to over 100 yards, depending on the course.
Ladies clubs are lighter and the staffs have a softer flex.
Cart rules depend on the club and the weather. The most permissive is that you can drive a cart anywhere except on the tee boxes, sand traps, and greens. Most courses have some sort of restrictions such as staying on cart paths, 90 degrees, carts not allowable in the rough, etc.
i’ll try to keep this brief
hook- when your ball flies from right to left, if you do it on purpose you can call it a draw
slice- ball flies left to right, on purpose its a fade
muligan- taking an extra shot if you ddnt like your 1st, not legal, but common place
# on clubs- identify the club, each club has diff loft to go diff distance, #ers indentify which club it is
wedge- a wedge is an iron but it is used for small shots and chipping aroud the green, and bunkers
areas of the course- tee box(where the hole starts) fairway(ideal place to land from the tee and play next shot) rough(area around fairway longer grass more hard) green (area where the hole is and where you putt) hazards(sand bunkers, water areas you try to avoid) jail (out of bounds or lost ball, places you really want to avoid)
ladies tees- varies per hole and course, very generally maybe 10-15% closer
ladies clubs- generally have more loft and more flexablle shafts but not much other difference
driving the cart- if the course has a cart path keep it on the path, if not keep it in the rough, if you must drive in the fairway, stay in the rough till you are even with your ball then drive straight to your ball and then straight back off the fairway, and as a side note if you are able to walk do so, take a pull cart if you dont want to carry your bag, but dont take a riding cart it slows down play.
Hook: A hook is a normal problem in a golf swing where the ball (for a right handed golfer) tails excessively to the left
Slice: A slice is the opposite of a hook, where the ball (for a right handed golfer) tails excessively to the right.
Professional golfers hit “draws” and “fades” which are controlled versions of a hook and slice.
Mulligan: basically a redo or rehit typically taken without penalty.
What do the facts on the clubs mean?
A higher number on the club indicates higher loft and shorter distance, so a 9 iron will be hit from about 100-115 yards away and will land and stop. A 3 iron, conversey will be hit a further distance and will roll further.
What is the difference between a wedge and an iron?
A wedge is a club higher than a 9 iron–pitching wedges, sand wedges, and lob wedges are each used in different situations.
What are the different areas of the course called?
The tee box is where you start striking from and hope to land in the fairway (middle) or rough (to the sides but not in the trees). You also might land in the trees, a sand trap, or a water hazard if you golf anything like me. Finally, you should end up on the green and then in the hole.
How much closer are the ladies’ tees?
Depends on the course, but usually the ladies tees are 20-40 yards closer.
Besides length, is here any other difference between mens’ and ladies’ clubs?
Clubs are unfilled in so many different tensions and sizes and with so many different fundamentals of technology that the only consistent difference between men’s and women’s clubs is, in fact, length.
Where are you allowable to drive the cart?
Most public courses have clear signs or paths, but a typical rule is that you drive up the sides of the hole and only straight across the middle, usually called the 90 degree rule. You will never drive the cart on the green, tee box, or sand trap, but usually anywhere on the rough or on the fairway is acceptable.
hook is when you close the club face too quick and the ball goes hard left the other term for a left moving ball running away is a draw which is one of the most desired ball flights in golf which is a slight left go on the ball for the most distance. A slice is when the club face is left open and the ball is cut across causing it to very quickly go right, if the ball is hit nearly straight to the right it is called a shank and it is whe you hit the ball of the hozzle(where the shaft meets the club head) of the club. A push is when the ball is hit staright but is right of where you were intending to hit it. A mulligan is basically just a re load you can do this in practice if you hit a very terrible shot just drop a further ball and hit again, but in competition it is illegal and every shot must be played out. The facts on the clubs just designate between the clubs, nubers on the irons from 1-9 irons are just to help yuo know which goes longer. 1 is the longest striking iron and 9 is the shortest. The same goes for woods. Some times here will be degrees of loft on the loft and those just have tobe memorized for example the driver will normally range from 8-11 degrees of loft where as on the wedges yuo might see anything from a 45- 64. A wedge is a shorter striking club that is ussed from at most (mainy pros) 150 and then in from here. In my set i have a pitchig wedge which will normally come with your irons, a gap wedge and a lob wedge(lo is the highest lofted club and goes te shortest). On the course ther are many area such as fairway, rough, tee boxes, bunkers, hazards(heather, water, bunkers, waste bunkers, in all of these you cannot ground the club before striking your shot) the putting green and depending on the course many more. The ladies tees are ussually 500 yards closer. Mens clubs tend to be a small stiffer for the harder siwng where as the ladies have more flemsy shafts to help them get the ball air borne. Te cart can on most days be driven any where but tee boxes and greens and also must go back onto paths about 50-70 yards small of the green. Some days you will have to keep them on then paths the entire day.
Hope this helps
Hook- Ball that curves to the left for a right handed hitter. Ball that curves to the right for a left handed hitter.
Slice- Ball that curves to the right for a right handed hitter. Ball that curves to the left for a left handed hitter.
Mulligan – simplest terms… “redo” rehitting a ball without penalty
Facts- The facts on the clubs are in direct correlation to the angle or degree of loft on the face of the club. Ex… 3 iron 21 degrees… 4 iron 24 degrees… 5 iron 27 degrees… etc. The lower the number the less loft on the club the farther it goes and the harder it is to hit. Most “irons” increase in loft from 3-4 degrees.
Wedge or Iron? A wedge is technically an iron. usually “irons” in a set refer to the 3 – 9 irons and then here are 4 “wedges” that increase in loft as such
Pitching Wedge 48 degrees
Gap Wedge 52 degrees
Sand Wedge 56 degrees
Lob Wedge 60 degrees
Granted these are general facts for degrees of loft for these clubs. These can vary by a few degrees in either direction but I’d say these are sweet standard.
Tee – Where you hit your first shot
Fairway – small grass running along the center of the hole
Rough – longer grass just outside of the fairway
Sand – called a bunker or a hazard. hazards can also be areas marked with yellow stakes/paint where a golfer is not allowable to ground their club before their next shot.
Water – simply called “the water” or “the drink”
Green – small grass where the hole is located.
Fringe or Apron – intermediate cut of grass between the green and the rough
Out of Bounds – area marked with white stakes. this requires the golfer to re-hit a ball from the location they were at when they hit it out of bounds. this will cost the player a one stroke penalty. (lost balls are treated the same way)
The distance the ladies are tee are relative to the mens tees vary greatly on each course. But as a general rule I would say they’re somewhere between 80-90% in length compared to the men.
Here are a couple of differences. One is that ladies clubs are “usually” designed in “ladies” colors. They will often be decorated with pink and purple and yellow accents. But that’s really more cosmetic than anything else. The real difference outside of the length of the club is the type of shaft on the club. Women, in general, do not swing anywhere near as hard as men. Because of this the shaft in a ladies club is much more flexible than in a man’s club. The weaker a person swings the more flex they need in their club in order to generate sufficient force and swing speed. Someone with a really hard swing like Tiger has a “stiff” shaft on his club because the clubhead speed he generates already flexes the shaft a large amount. He doesn’t want anything to weak or it will bend too much during his swing.
The order of flex in golf shafts from weak to strong looks roughly like the following.
Ladies Flex
Senior Flex
Regular Flex
Stiff Flex
Extra-Stiff Flex
The cart should always be at least 15-20 yards from all tees unless here’s a cart path closer to the tee. T
The cart should always be kept away from the greens. Most courses are staked as you get closer to the green and will direct you where to drive the cart. The green will have a path you should follow once you arrive.
On the course you’re usually allowable to drive the cart wherever you like unless they tell you the following.
90 degree Rule – This means drive on the cart paths until you get even with your ball and then you can make a “90 degree” turn to approach your ball.. returning to the path once you’ve hit your next shot.
Cart Paths Only – This means you must keep the carts on the cart paths at all times.
The following to are done when the golf course has seen a large amount of rain and is too soft to handle the spinning wheels of the tires. Golf carts can do major grass destruction when it’s soaking wet outside.
Hope this helps…. Give the game time and I’m sure you’ll grow to like it.
Hook – when a ball is hit with extreme side spin that it makes a turn in the direction of the golfers side ( ex rightys hook the ball left)
Slice – when a ball is hit with extreme side spin that it makes a turn in the direction away from the golfers side (ex rightys slice the ball right)
Mulligan – something called before a drive, in which the player, if he shoots a poor shot, may have a re-do at the shot. not allowable in professional play. only used amongst friends, etc.
the facts on the clubs are just for reference. the lower the number (3,4) the less angle on the club head and more distance. the higher facts (8,9) mean more angle and less distance (more loft)
a wedge is an iron but with a very high angle, to gain maximum loft. the traditional line of clubs go …….8,9,pitching wedge, gap wedge, sand wedge, lob wedge
tee box – where players hit their first shots from
fairway – smoothly cut area of grass tha tis the target of the tee shot
rough – external areas in which the grass is left higher to make for a more hard shot. stay outta the rough lol
green – area where players place
fringe – area around green where players may putt or chip the ball
sand trap / bunker – hazard in which players must hit the ball out of sand
water hazard – OUT OF BOUNDS area
ladies tees are generally about 30-50 yards closer than the average mens tees (aka the “white tees”)
ladies clubs are forged for maximum forgiveness, since women have a tougher time playing than men do, and cannot hit the ball as far
1. idk
2. when you just wing it while striking a pitching wedge
3. idk
4. that is the club, like 9 iron or PW is pitching wedge or SW is sand wedge or 3 is 3 wood
5. a wedge is used when you are very close to the green and a iron is used for when you are sort of close but not really
6. tee box, fairway, out of bounds, pitching range, green
7. depends on the course that you are playing at
8. i reflect so
9. on the cart paths and sometimes on the fairway
but never ever drive out-of-bounds or on the green or on the tee box
*Hook and Slice – A hook and a slice are when you hit the ball and it flies away from you and starts to curve. Hook goes left, and a slice goes right.(for a right hander, left hander is opposite) . It is caused by the club face not life very paralell to the ball when you strike the ball. It is common for a player to have a slice. Excellent golfers can purposly add slice or hook(draw) to their shots to make it turn when required.
*Mulligan – is when you go to tee off and you completly stuff up the shot. You can call or request from your other players a mulligan. Which means you are allowable to take the shot again with no or minimal penalty. This is a very informal way of playing so don’t try it unless the people you play with will allow it. Some people even allow mulligans off the fairway, you are normally only allow one per hole but this changes sometimes to.
*Iron facts – The number on the clubs relate to the angle of pitch/loft the club head has. This makes the ball do differnet equipment. For example a 3 iron may have 20 degrees loft where a 9 iron may have 40 degrees. When you hit the ball with a 3 iron it will leave at a lower trajectory than a 9, and will glide further and roll further when it hits the ground, where as when you hit a 9 it will leave at a higher angle and basically drop at a steeper angle meaning it wont roll as far. A excellent example is if you land in an area of trees. A player could use a 3 to keep it low and under the branches or a 9 to try and hit over the trees. The shaft lengths get shorter the higher the number. The longer the shaft the nearer the club head is moving at contact and the harder you hit the ball, the small the shaft the more control you have of the club.
*Wedges – Here are a few different wedges, Pitching (PW), Lob (LB), Approach (AW) and Sand (SW). They are irons but have more loft and are sometime designed a bit different. With these you can add back spin, so when the ball lands it stops on the spot or even rolls backwards if required. A sand wedge is slightly different ainthe club head as it is designed to scoop balls out of the sand.
*Areas – Tee is where you tee off and is the only place on a hole you can use a tee. Green is the putting surface, where you are only allowable to use a mess. Fairway is a mown area between the tee and the green. It is simpler to hit off and the ball rolls further on it. Rough is the longer grass off the tee. It stops the ball nearer and is harder to hit off especially if you want to add draw/slice. Out of Bounds (OB) is off the hole completly, if your ball goes here you are penalised with 2 shots – a hazard is a water trap or and area that is demed unplayable. you can play your ball from here if you choose or take a drop for one penalty stroke.
*Ladies tees – Here is no set distance between the mens and ladies tees. they can even be at the same distance from the hole, but the ladies may be at a better approach angle to the hole. In some cases the ladies tee is behind the mens but they are allowable an extra stroke at that hole.
*ladies Clubs vs mens – Ladies clubs usually have more flex than mens which helps whip the club at the impact of the ball and gives them a bit more power- the disadvantage of this flex is if you have a strong (quick) swing the club head is harder to control so that why they have “Stiff” shafts. Older men usually play with a flex shaft to. More flex also helps you get the ball off the ground. They also have ladies balls that are designed to feel softer when you hit them and are designed for slower glof swings.
*Carts – Some courses allow you to drive a cart anywhere on the hole except on the green and in bunkers, but others only allow them to be driven on tracks/paths, as this saves the fairways- always make sure you are allowable you drive them on fairways before you do.
Best of luck – golf is challenging in a mental and technical way. Just go out and have fun. Just be sensible in relation to respecting the course and others around you and remember the better you get at golf the harder the game gets.
Have added a link to some more terms you might hear.
Hook=when the ball is in the air it starts to the right and swings around to the left
Slice=rigorous opposite of higher than
Mulligan=taking a further ball without penalty (not legal)
The facts mean sweet much how far they go…the lower the number the farther it goes…..a wedge is a iron….but here are a lot of kinds of wedges like 50 degree or 52 degree.
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COURSE? Here is a tee box…a fairway….rough….a fringe….a green….and water hazards and OB….
The ladies tees depend on the course
The difference is mostly the shaft flex
Your are allowable to drive the cart on the fairway, rough, cart path…NEVER ON GREEN OR WITHIN 15 FEET OF IT…..hope this helps