Golf Terms - Page 2
Bunker: A bunker is a hazard area that is completely filled with sand in his typically near the green or on the fairway.
Caddie: Caddies are men and women who get paid to carry your golf clubs around with you on the course as you play the game. They can also offer advice on how to play the game.
Carry: This term refers to how far a golf ball flies through the air.
Cart: Carts are small vehicles that golf players use to drive around the course with. You have the standard motorized cart that can hold two or more players, as well as a small dolly that travels on 2 wheels and is pulled manually (often referred to as the “pull cart”)
Casual Water: Casual water are puddles that have accumulated on the course through rainy weather. These puddles of water are separate from the other standard hazards of the course.
Cavity Back Iron: This is a particular type of iron that has the majority of the club head’s weight distributed around its perimeter. This design helps create a bigger head and a larger “sweet spot” area on the face. The back of the club head is basically just a large cavity. This helps reduce the mass in the center of the head, as well as the back.
Certified PGA Professional: A certified PGA professional golf player is any man or woman who has met or exceeded the golf teaching standards that have been created by the Professional Golfer’s Association of America.
Check: A check describes the action of the golf ball as it stops rolling because of the amount of backspin on it.
Chip: The chip is a shot that is typically played right from the edge of the green.
Closed Face: A closed face describes a club face that points to the left of the target (right handed golfers).
Closed Stance: This term refers to a stance where your body alignment is facing the right of your intended target (right handed golfers).
Club Face: The club face is the bottom section of the club that makes contact with the golf ball.
Clubhouse: A clubhouse is usually a large indoor area located on a golf course that maintains services such as restaurants, golf pro shops, bathrooms, and conference rooms.
Collar: Similar to a fringe, the collar describes the strip of grass that runs around the green and is typically longer in length than the grass that grows on the putting surface.
Coming Over The Top: Coming over the top is a phrase that describes the direction of the club as it moves through the downswing and into a right-to-left pathway across the ball (right handed golfers). Another term for this direction is the out-to-in blow.
Compression: Compression describes the squeezing in of a golf ball as the result of the force put on it during impact with the club head.