Most popular used golf terms

Birdie: One shot less than a par ( it only took 4 shots on the par 5 hole).

Bogey: One shot more than par ( it took 6 shots on the par 5 hole).

Par: The number of shots designated as a standard for playing a golf hole.

Driver: The longest hitting club in the bag which is used off the tee.

Bunker shot: A shot played from the sand trap around the green.

Chipping: A shot that carries a shot way and then rolls to the hole.

Downswing: The swing of the club down to the ball from the top of the back swing.

Fairway shots: Shots played from the mowed grass between the tee and the green.

Fairway Woods: A  metal head long club that is used in the fairway ( 3 wood, 5 wood, 7 wood).

Long Irons: the numbers 1,2,3, and 4 irons.

Mid Irons: the number 5,6,7 and 8 irons.

Short Irons: the number 9, wedges and the sand irons.

Pitching: less than a full swing shot that is lofted onto the green.

Putting: A putter that is used on the green that has no loft and rolls the ball.

Steering: trying to over control the swing by not swinging freely through impact.

Swing Plane: The path that the club head travels in the swing.

Tee Shots: Shots played from the teeing area at the beginning of a hole.

Green side Bunker: The sand trap around the green

Drop Site: Area marked to replay the golf ball after the first ball went out of bounds

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Robert Brown