Please find below a glossary of golf terms. A dictionary with definitions, and golf terminology of the most popular golf jargon terms used by other golfers, golf web sites, and golf videos.
- Address, Golf Term
- Aim, Golf Term
- Alignment for Golf Clubs
- Alignment- Golf Term
- Angle of Approach, Golf Term
- Approach Golf Shot:
- Arc (aka Swing Arc) Golf Term
- Attack/Gap Wedge Golf Iron:
- Away – Golf Term
- Back-Weighting Golf Irons, Woods and Putters: Golf Term
- Backspin on a Golf Ball
- Backswing – Golf Term
- Balance Point on a Golf Shaft
- Ball Position, Golf Term
- Ball Speed, Golf Term
- Belly or Mid-Length Putters:
- Bend Point on a Golf Shaft
- Bias on a Golf Club
- Birdie Golf Term
- Blade Golf Irons:
- Blast (aka Explosion Shot), Golf Term
- Block (aka Blocked Golf Shot, Flare, Push Slice) Golf Term
- Bogey, Double Bogey etc. Golf Term
- Bounce on a Golf Club:
- Break of a Putt or Green, Golf Term
- Broomstick Putters:
- Bulge and Roll on Golf Clubs:
- Bump-and-Run, Golf Term
- Bunker (aka Sand Trap), Golf Term
- Camber on a Golf Club:
- Casting the Club
- Casual Water, Golf Term
- Cavity-Back Golf Irons:
- Center of Gravity on a Golf Club:
- Center-Shafted Putter:
- Chicken Wing, Golf Term
- Chili Dip, Golf Term
- Chip (Shot) Golf Term
- Chippers or Chipping Golf Clubs: Golf Term
- Choke Up on the Golf Club (aka Grip Down)
- Clear(ing) the Hips – Golf Term
- Closed clubface, Golf Term
- Closed Stance, Golf Term
- Club Length: Golf Term
- Clubface on a Golf Club:
- Clubhead Swing Speed: Golf Term
- CNC Milled Putters:
- Coefficient of Restitution (COR) for Golf Balls
- Coefficient of Restitution (COR) for Golf Clubs:
- Come (Up) Out of a Golf Shot
- Comeback Putt
- Compression of a Golf Ball:
- Conforming Golf Ball or Club
- Core of a Golf Ball
- Core Size of a Golf Club Grip
- Cover Hardness of a Golf Ball
- Cover of a Golf Ball
- Cross-Handed Putting Grip (aka Left-Hand-Low)
- Crown on a Golf Club:
- Cubic Centimeters (cc) for Golf Drivers, Fairway Woods and Hybrids:
- Cup: Golf Term
- Curved Shaft, Golf Term
- Cut Shot (aka Fade) Golf Term
- Decelerate, Golf Term
- Deep-Face Drivers: Golf Term
- Die-Casting a Golf Club
- Dimples on a Golf Ball:
- Divot, Golf Term
- Dogleg Golf Hole
- Double Eagle (aka Albatross) Golf Term
- Double-Cross Golf Swing
- Downswing: Golf Term
- Drag, Golf Term
- Draw, Golf Term
- Drivers: The Golf Driver — or No. 1 Wood
- Driving Golf Iron:
- Duck Hook (aka Snap Hook) Golf Term
- Eagle Golf Term
- Explosion Shot (aka Blast), Golf Term
- Face Angle on a Golf Club:
- Face Insert on a Golf Club
- Face Progression on a Golf Club
- Face-Balanced Putter
- Fade – Golf Term
- Fairway Woods: Golf Term
- Fairway, Golf Term
- Fairways Hit, Golf Term
- Fat Shot: Golf Term
- Ferrules on Golf Clubs:
- Finish, Golf Term
- Flag or Flagstick (aka Pin), Golf Term
- Flare (aka Golf Push Slice, Block) Golf Term
- Flat Lie Golf Clubs:
- Flat Swing (Plane) Golf Term
- Flex of a Golf Shaft:
- Flier Lie, Golf Term
- Flop Shot, Golf Term
- Follow-Through, Golf Term
- Forgiving Golf Clubs:
- Frequency Matching Golf Shafts:
- Gap Wedge (Attack Wedge, A-Wedge, Approach Wedge) Golf Term
- Gear Effect in Golf Clubs:
- Gimme (aka Tap-In) Golf Term
- Golf Club fitting:
- Gooseneck (aka Plumber’s Neck) Golf Term
- Grain on a Green, Golf Term
- Green in Regulation (GIR) Golf Term
- Green, Golf Term
- Grooves on a Golf Club:
- Grounding the Club – Golf Term
- Handicap, Golf Term
- Handsy Golf Swing, Golf Term
- Hardpan (Lie) Golf Term
- Hazard, Golf Term
- Heel-Shafted Putters:
- Heel-Toe Weighting a Golf Club:
- Hip Turn, Golf Term
- Hit the Golf Club Flush on the Center of Gravity:
- Hook, Golf Term
- Hosel on a Golf Club:
- Hybrid Golf Clubs:
- Initial Velocity of a Golf Ball
- Inside-to-out swing path, Golf Term
- Ionomer Golf Ball Cover
- Kick Point on a Golf Shaft:
- Knock-Down Golf Shots:
- Lag Putt:
- Lay-Up Golf Shots:
- Layers of a Golf Ball
- Leading Edge on a Golf Club:
- Lie Angle on a Golf Club:
- Lob Wedge Golf Irons:
- Loft on a Golf Club:
- Long Putters:
- Mantle of a Golf Ball (aka Casing of a Golf Ball)
- Maraging Steel Used to Make Golf Clubs:
- Middle Golf Irons:
- Moment of Inertia (MOI) for a Golf Head:
- Multi-Layered Golf Ball (aka Three-Piece or Four-Piece Golf Ball)
- Offset Golf Clubheads:
- Open clubface, Golf Term
- Outside-to-in swing path, Golf Term
- Overall Distance Standard for Golf Balls
- Oversize Golf Clubs:
- Perimeter-Weighted Golf Heads:
- Pinching the Ball: Golf Term
- Pitching Wedge Golf Club:
- Premium Golf Ball
- Progressive Offset Golf Clubs:
- Pull – Golf Term
- Pulled Shot/Pulling the Golf Ball:
- Push – Golf Term
- Pushed Shot/Pushing the Ball: Golf Term
- Recycled Golf Balls (aka used Golf Balls)
- Sand Shot Golf Clubs:
- Scooping the Ball: Golf Term
- Size of a Golf Ball (aka Diameter of a Golf Ball)
- Slice Golf Shot Term
- Spring-Like Effect on Golf Clubs:
- Square clubface, Golf Term
- Square Face Golf Clubs:
- Square or straight clubhead path, Golf Term
- Stainless Steel Golf Clubs:
- Surlyn Golf Ball Cover
- Swingweight of a Golf Club:
- Target line, Golf Term
- Thin Shot: Golf Term
- Tipping a Golf Shaft:
- Titanium Golf Drivers:
- Torque Specification of a Golf Shaft:
- Tour Golf Ball (aka Advanced or Performance Golf Ball)
- Trapping the Ball: Golf Term
- Two-Piece Golf Ball
- Upright Lie Golf Clubs:
- Urethane Golf Ball Cover
- Utility Golf Clubs:
- Value Golf Ball (aka Recreational or Distance Golf Ball)
- Weight of a Golf Ball
- Working the Golf Ball:
- “Fore” Golf Term
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