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Takeaway - Turn
Takeaway The start of the backswing.
Tap In A very short putt.
Tee A disposable device, normally a wooden peg, on which the ball is placed for driving. Also refers to the area from which the ball is hit on the first shot of the hole. Originally a pile of sand used to elevate the ball for driving.
Tee Off To play a tee shot.
Tee Up To begin play by placing the ball on the tee.
Tee-Shot A shot played from a tee.
Teeing Ground The area in which you must tee off your ball. Ball must be teed off within the markers and no more than two club lengths behind them.
Temporary Green A green used in the winter to save the permanent green. Or during summer when greens are being repaired.
Texas Wedge What the putter is called when it used from off the green. Shot played with putter from off green.
Thin The ball is hit thin when it is hit above center with the clubhead traveling on too high a line.
Thread To direct the ball through a narrow opening.
Three-Quarter Shot Less than a full shot. A shot made with a reduced swing.
Threesome Also means three players playing a round together.
Tiger Tee A slang expression for the back tee.
Tight means "narrow".
Toe The part of the club farthest from where in joins the shaft.
Topped To hit the ball above its center causing it to roll or hop rather than rise.
Topspin The forward rotation of the ball in motion.
Touch Accuracy, especially in putting.
Tour A series of tournaments for professionals.
Tournament A stroke or match play competition. A competition in which a number of golfers compete.
Trajectory The flight path of the ball.
Trouble Shot A shot taken from a bad lie such as behind trees or in bunkers or rough.
Turn To start the back 9 holes.
Uncock - USGA
Uncock To straighten the wrists in the downswing.
Underclubbing Using a club that does not give the needed distance.
Underspin Same as backspin.
Unplayable Lie A lie in which the ball is impossible to play.
Up 1) A shot reaching at least as far as the hole. 2) A specified number of strokes you are ahead of your opponent in match play. Or number of holes ahead in match play.
Up and Down Getting out of trouble or out of a hazard and into the hole. Usually a chip and a putt.
Upright Swing A swing that carries the club head more directly backward and upward from the ball.
USGA United States Golf Association
Vardon Grip - Verify
Vardon Grip The overlapping Grip.
Verify To make certain understanding of rules is correct before playing a shot.
Waggle - Wormburner
Waggle Movement of the club head prior to swinging. A flourishing of the club behind and over the ball.
Water Club Obsolete club from around the 1880's to the 1930's that was designed for playing the ball from a water hazard.
Water Hole A hole with water, such as a stream or lake, that forces the players to shoot over it.
Wedge An iron used for short shots that has a high-loft - pitching wedge, sand wedge or a lob wedge.
Whiff To swing and miss the ball completely.
Whins A British term for heavy rough. Gorse bushes.
Whipping The material used to wrap the space where the head and shaft are joined.
Windcheater A shot played low against the wind. It is played with strong backspin and starts low and rises only toward the end of the shot.
Wild Card Players in a tournament are placed in groupings or tee times based on "luck of the draw".
Winter Rules Usually local golf rules that allow the player to improve the lie of the ball on the fairway.
Woods A club, which can be made of wood or metal, that has a large head and is used for shots requiring greater distance. There is the driver and the 1 through 7 woods.
Wormburner A ball hit with adequate distance that hugs the ground.
X
X Crossing something out or marking something wrong. In examples "He hit it X-distance and She hit it Y-distance.".
Yardage - Yips
Yardage or Yards Yardage is the length from ball to it's target. Yards is the standard measurement used in golf. Unless on the green then its feet. Europe uses mainly Meters.
Yardage Rating The rating of the difficulty in playing a hole based on yardage only.
Yip To mishit a putt due to an attack of yips.
Yips Shakiness or nervousness in making a shot.
Zzz -
Zipped up Performance Tidy, clean, and well Closed performance by a player.
Zzz Illistrates someone is sleeping, symbolizes boredom.
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