Golf Terms – Page 6
Lay Up: This term refers to a shot that is intentionally hit short from the green to avoid getting into trouble.
Lie: The lie is where your ball is sitting after a shot, and moreover, describes the condition of that area of ground where your ball is at.
Lip Out: This is when the golf ball travel right up to the cup, teeters on the edge of dropping into the hole, but instead pops back, and does not sink.
Loft: The loft is the angle that the clubface makes with the ground. Loft also refers to how high up a specific club will hit the ball.
Matchplay: This term refers to the original way that golf was played, which is actually played hole-to-hole. Whoever scores lowest on the first hole is the winner of that hole, and then goes “one up”. Then the winner on the second hole goes “two up”. This score pattern continues for each hole thereafter. Should you lose a hole then you go “down one”. If a hole is tied you then “halve” the hole. The final outcome of the matchplay is decided by how many holes you are either up or down by, compared to the number of holes left. For example, if you are 4 up with only 4 holes left in the game, you are the winner of the match.
Mulligan: A mulligan is considered an illegal second try at a shot which went wrong, which is seen often during casual play with friends on the golf course.
Municipal Course: This is a golf course that is owned and operated by the local government, also referred to as a “muni”.
Nuked Shot: A nuked shot is one that is hit much harder and longer than you typically hit with a particular club.
Neutral Grip: This grip is one when a right-handed golfer can see 2 left hand knuckles when looking down at his or her grip during address.
Neutral Stance: This stance is when both feet are in line perfectly parallel to the target line.
Open Face: This is when the club face is aligned to the right of the target line (right-handed golfers).
Open Stance: This stance refers to your body alignment pointing towards the left of the target when set up (right-handed golfers).
Out-of-Bounds: This is the area outside of the course, typically marked with white stakes.
Out-to-in Blow: This term is another way of saying “Coming Over The Top” which states: “The direction of the club as it moves through the downswing and into a right-to-left pathway across the ball (right-handed golfers)”.