Golf "SLANG" Glossary

[GARCIA F]

Great job gang! You guys on the NET have certainly come up with
some pretty creative "SLANG". But I know there are more out there!
Come on Gary McCord, I know you are out there, let's hear some of
them. Here are some of the entries so far:
Cutting the corner on a dog leg - Killing the dog
Scoring a 10 - I had a Bo Derek
Scoring a 9 - I had a fiddlehead (which apparently grow in the New
England area also and not just in N.B., Canada)
Scoring an 8 - I had a Snowman
Scoring a DNF - I shot infinity (or how about I shot letters)
Slice or Hook - A Banana-ball
Hitting more than one provisional - Hitting a small bucket
Hitting irons - using the silverware
Hitting woods - using the furniture
Try these on for size:
Scoring a 7 - over and down (put your pencil on the scorecard go
over and then go down) or I had a hockey stick
Setting the pin placements - having an early tee-time on
Championship Sunday
Hitting it adjacent - hitting a shank (sorry fellas, didn't mean to
swear)
Come on all you NETters out there let's hear what you guys
are saying on the course.
Play well fellas...
Felipe.

[Jim Tatum]

These two guys had been playing golf together for some time, and they liked to
meet in the nineteenth hole to discuss the rounds, and of course to allow
the loser to pick up the check. The first golfer was compalining that he had
the most terrible round of his life, and the second said his round was so bad that
he had lost a dozen golf balls. Anyway golfer number one said "my round was so
bad that I got an x on the first hole". Golfer number two said,
"your a stroke up on me!"

Ok, its alot better in person.

--
Jim Tatum
University of Texas at Dallas
Laser Electronics Lab
ta...@utdallas.edu

[Adam Goldberg]

In <20MAY94.17...@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA> GARCIA F <H5...@UNB.CA> writes:

>Great job gang! You guys on the NET have certainly come up with
>some pretty creative "SLANG". But I know there are more out there!
>Come on Gary McCord, I know you are out there, let's hear some of
>them. Here are some of the entries so far:

>[...]

Hitting 2 or more balls into the same water hazard: "I should've just
dumped a whole sleeve in there".
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[Robert Hauswald]

Sofar, I never lost a golf ball: we "donate" them freely...

[GARCIA F]

Have you guys ever hit a Lorraina Bobbit shot? (A nasty slice!)

[00dwen...@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu]

on those wonderous occassions when i get to write an "X" down for my
brother i try to remind him that we are golfing not bowling--though
his scores are similar. a hearty fred flintstone "striiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike"
as i write usually keeps his head down for a hole or two. i should
point out that only would i treat my big bro this way on the course (no,
we're not raider fans)--sibling love.

david endicott
ball state university
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[charlie]

Adam Goldberg (ad...@microware.com) wrote:

: In <20MAY94.17...@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA> GARCIA F <H5...@UNB.CA> writes:

: >Great job gang! You guys on the NET have certainly come up with
: >some pretty creative "SLANG". But I know there are more out there!
: >Come on Gary McCord, I know you are out there, let's hear some of
: >them. Here are some of the entries so far:

In the sandtrap = at the beach
In the sandtrap = break out your suntan oil
In the water hazard = goin' swimmin'
a golfer on the green in regulation = birdie man

[christopher p milette]

On the green = dancing, or on the dance floor

[Spankin' Ed Davis]

In article <2rqtgr$4...@news1.hh.ab.com> Rich G. Ciccotti,
rgci...@icd.ab.com writes:
>"Whip it out!" (Men only) - refers to tradition in which if your drive
> doesn't reach the ladies' tee you must hang out your d**k while
> walking to your ball

Also know as the D.O. rule: male player must finish hole with their D.O.

>One for the fish - in water hazard

...or "I rinsed it on 15, so I was hitting three..."

>Playing electric polo - using a golf car instead of playing golf
>Squirter - sh**k

On the good side of using a cart, when two players sharing the same
cart hit shots to about the same spot, thus saving wear and tear on
their cart, we have "cart golf."

Of course, everybody should have heard about:
Worm Burners
Rain Makers
Strip Miners (for those who take huge divots)
Baluka Ball (an old ball used when hitting over water because
baluka is the sound a new ball would make when it hits the water)
"Bring your towels and umbrella" (for on the beach)
"Well it's not wet" (used when a miss-hit shot barely clears a hazard)
Goat pasture (some public courses I've played)
Rock Pile (one particular goat pasture which has no irrigation during
the hottest parts of summer)
Chili Dip
Brain Cramp (using wrong club, or misreading green or whatever, can
be used in everyday life as well.)

Spankin' Ed

The best two ball I hit today was when I stepped on that rake on 16.
Thomas Aquinas
1263

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[Rich G. Ciccotti]

More golf slang:

"Ted Kennedy" shot - Waaaay left
"Rush Limbaugh" shot - Waaaay right
Playing grass hockey - 3 (or more) putting

"Whip it out!" (Men only) - refers to tradition in which if your drive
doesn't reach the ladies' tee you must hang out your d**k while
walking to your ball

One for the fish - in water hazard

Playing electric polo - using a golf car instead of playing golf
Squirter - sh**k

"Does your husband play?" - Asked of a male who leaves a putt short (Flame
away, Robin, I deserve it)

--
Rich Ciccotti, a.k.a. rgci...@cle.ab.com
Sr. Software Engineer
Allen-Bradley Co.
Highland Hts, OH

[Travis Stephenson]

some (possibly) so-far unmentioned golf slang:

straight, long drive - frozen rope
ball hit to within flag's length of cup - stobbie
ball hit out of bounds - AMF (adios mother-f*)
poor play - hittin'em crooked
taking (numerous) mulligans - hitting a small bucket
short, weak putt - 'Aliss' putt (apparently because Peter Aliss missed
just such a putt that would have won
The Open many (?) years back)

hit'em straight,
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[Thomas McCormick]

: >In <20MAY94.17...@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA> GARCIA F <H5...@UNB.CA> writes:
: >
: >>Great job gang! You guys on the NET have certainly come up with
: >>some pretty creative "SLANG". But I know there are more out there!
: >>Come on Gary McCord, I know you are out there, let's hear some of
: >>them. Here are some of the entries so far:
: >
: >>[...]

: >

Whenever I hit a putt that suddenly jumps off line as if it ran over
something, I say it "must've hit a bug" referring to the Japanese
Beetles you sometimes see on golf greens. (This is of course ir-
respective of whether it *actually* hit a bug, could have been a
spike mark, a pebble, a ball mark, whatever.)

[Gary J. Rhine]

She better not, after the one she posted!

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[Spankin' Ed Davis]

In article <Pine.3.87.9405231542.D9061-0100000@iluvatar> John Jones,
jo...@ILUVATAR.TIP.DUKE.EDU writes:
> How about Army Golf - hitting them left,right,left,right......

Same as "holy golf"... a cross here, a cross there, a cross there...
Spankin' Ed

"Volleyball Is My Life"

[John Jones]

[Mark Koenig]

mil...@mksol.dseg.ti.com (christopher p milette) writes:

>On the green = dancing, or on the dance floor

add to that:

On the green, but a long putt = on the dance floor, but you can't hear the band

Good Putting!
Mark

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The Third Rule of Program Optimization (for experts): Don't tell the salesman."

[mcsdc...@zippy.dct.ac.uk]

>
>
> Whenever I hit a putt that suddenly jumps off line as if it ran over
> something, I say it "must've hit a bug" referring to the Japanese
> Beetles you sometimes see on golf greens. (This is of course ir-
> respective of whether it *actually* hit a bug, could have been a
> spike mark, a pebble, a ball mark, whatever.)

If a putt bobbles and doesn't run smoothly : "Well it looked good in the air"

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[mcsdc...@zippy.dct.ac.uk]

A few i've heard or used:

Woody Par: Getting a par after driving into a bunch of tree
Sand save: Up and down from a Bunker
Slam Dunk: High shot that goes straight into the hole
Triple Jab: Three Putts
Holes like a bucket: Everything goes in
Chainsaw Shot: Hack out of the bushes

Theres more but i cant remember then all

[Kelvin S. Bryant]

Ball in the sand trap -- Surf's up!

Putt speeding past the hole -- Everybody says, "Seeeee ya!"

A seemingly good putt starting to roll to far past the
hole -- "Woooooo mule!"

kelvin.
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[mcsdc...@zippy.dct.ac.uk]

In article <1994May23....@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mil...@mksol.dseg.ti.com (christopher p milette) writes:
> On the green = dancing, or on the dance floor
>

Backspin - Moonwalk

(That one courtesy of Roger Maltbie i think)

[Andrew Hill]

A friend of mine quips "Do you have a turkey in the Oven?" whenever any one
plays up on us...It's actually a very funny way with dealing with these
types of morons :-)

Andy Hill

[Andrew Hill]

Does any one know what beat a club means??? As in the LINKS 386
game when you hit a shot near the pin....
thanks
Andy Hill

[Ron Sercely]

In article <2rr0se$4...@paperboy.gsfc.nasa.gov>,

Spankin' Ed Davis <ab...@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:
>"Well it's not wet" (used when a miss-hit shot barely clears a hazard)

>email: ab...@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov
> <Goddard Space Flight Center>

We reserve this one for a shot hit so badly it doesn't get
to the hazard 40 yards in front of the teeing area!

Ron Sercely

[Donald Macleod]

Some good slang out there. But I've still not seen any term for
the putt which hammers into the back of the hole, jumps backward
and to one side (or even directly backward), teeters on the edge
then finally drops... Surely this phenomenon has a name??

Last time I saw one at my club the perpetrator was called Neville.
I assured him that type of putt was called a *Neville* - he didn't seem
all that amused. He was definitely not amused when later in the
round I showed him a provisional ball that I was about to play, it
turned out to be a ball he had lost at a previous hole, which I had
found. It was a Maxfli CD and he had announced at the start of our
search that he was playing a "Dunlop". Believe it or not the word
Dunlop appears nowhere on the Maxfli CD and I'd forgotten they were
the manufacturers - how many of you would make that connection under
the pressure of a major competition? (I had been thinking of the
Dunlop 65 ball) But he took it pretty well, I guess certain guys might
have got a bit nasty. (MORAL - read your ball!!)
That was a bit of a digression from the slang thread, sorry but it
feels good to get it off my chest!

Before you say "but he has to show you his ball on the 1st tee", yes
you are right but he had teed off by the time I arrived! (I was within
seconds of DQ)

donald in flat and rainy Cambridge - at least I had a hilly and sunny
days golf at Crieff (Scotland) yesterday...

[John W. Griffin]

> From: Andrew Hill <as...@FREENET.CARLETON.CA>

>
> Does any one know what beat a club means??? As in the LINKS 386
> game when you hit a shot near the pin....

Isn't the voice in Links386 saying "Be the club" ???

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[Michael C. Merrifield]

In article <2rr0se$4...@paperboy.gsfc.nasa.gov>, Spankin' Ed Davis
<ab...@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:

> [...]

> Strip Miners (for those who take huge divots)

Conversely, there's "No Till Golf" (for those who take no divots)

> [...]
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[Peter C Tortorici]

The group I play with has a little saying we use time to time.

When everyone is hitting driver off a tee and someone is thinking
about hitting a 2 iron or 3 wood for control or some other
reason:

"Go big or stay home"

[Carl Mc Kinley]

a putt hit to hard ..... have an accident, hit a tree!!!!

a putt that rims around the cup and drops .... a toliet bowl

[Tom Lilly]

Thomas McCormick (t...@bbn.com) wrote:

: : >In <20MAY94.17...@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA> GARCIA F <H5...@UNB.CA> writes:
: : >
: : >>Great job gang! You guys on the NET have certainly come up with

Rockin Robin -- A birdie
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[DAVE KLINKEFUS //INTERNET SURFER]

I thought it was Alice and the pink panties when you come up short on a putt!

[Martin Olivera, MPL]

I missed earlier postings, but my all-time favorite is the recent McCord's:

The "Lorena Bobbit" shot = a nasty cut

==============
Martin Olivera
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[Shannon Ortiz]

Anyone heard of the expression "Hitting the broad side of a barn". Well I
put this expression to use when I hit a red barn in a course in Long Island.
Just off to the right of the fairway was a big red barn, with a little slice or
should I say a Lorena Bobbit shot, all you heard was BANG. When I found my
ball it had a red mark on it. I kept it for good luck. So when people talk
about my accuracy and say, "You couldn't even hit the broad side of a barn!" I
could reply with the ball it hand, "Oh yeah, think again. I did it once and I
can do it again."

[PAUL BRUCKER]

mop squeezer(s) --- hacker(s)

beaver tail ------- BIG divot!

grow teeth -------- asking/telling the ball to "bite"

pb

[Gary Stein]

On Tue, 24 May 1994, Andrew Hill wrote:

> Does any one know what beat a club means??? As in the LINKS 386
> game when you hit a shot near the pin....

> thanks
> Andy Hill

Andy, what the Links game is saying is "be the club".

[christopher p milette]

Kelvin S. Bryant (k...@cs.umd.edu) wrote:

: A seemingly good putt starting to roll to far past the
: hole -- "Woooooo mule!"

I usually say "Hit a house!"

Chris -- I hope someone is keeping all of these!

[Jerry Bass]

Carding an 8 = a snowman!
--
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"Disclaim this!"

[Scott Stiving]

the one I'm sick of hearing after I hit my shot.

"That's a very Pine shot" - hits an pine tree.

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[Ian Cottrell]

I've always called a putt that stops _JUST_ short of the hole a
'Banana Republic' putt - needs just one more revolution!

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[Brad]

Chili-dip : When you chip the ball and your club goes right under the
ball, sending it about two feet.

BITE! : Word golfers yell in hopes of divine intervention when they hit
the green and the roll (or bounce) off. Square grooves, Balata balls,
etc. may slightly reduce this phenomenon.

Heh.
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[Peter C Tortorici]

I have a possible correction on the Ted Kennedy Shot:

It isn't one that goes way left, I'd say it's one that rolls off the
fairway, hits a little crossing bridge then drops off into the water :)

Pete

[Kenneth L. Smith Jr. (CCS)]

In article <GOLF-L%9405241...@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU> Carl Mc Kinley <A02...@NIU.BITNET> writes:
>a putt hit to hard ..... have an accident, hit a tree!!!!
>
>a putt that rims around the cup and drops .... a toliet bowl

putt that rims around the cup & then drop .... "There's the victory lap."

[Jack Perry]

Recently, I've fallen into the rut of playing "army golf."

Never heard of army golf?

"Left, right, left, right, ..."

Jack

[mck...@csusys.ctstateu.edu]

[text deleted]

> Playing grass hockey - 3 (or more) putting
> "Whip it out!" (Men only) - refers to tradition in which if your drive
> doesn't reach the ladies' tee you must hang out your d**k while
> walking to your ball

Ahhh yes the DO rule. Robin tought me that one.

Serously, though... Here's what I know that hasn't been said:

"Grow teeth" Ball going too far
"Charity" Missing several short putts
"Hemmoraging" Same
"That'll hurt in the morning" Shank
"Manute Bol" Popped up drive
"Oprah" Fat shot

John McKeon

[Neil Randon Kent M]

Our favourite;

LBJ (when holing a long put) - as in "all the way with ..."

[James Wang (Phillips Academy 95)]

------------ While caddying about two years ago, I stumbled upon
a new addition to the old betting system of "greenies"
and "sandies". One of the guys in the group had been
out partying the night before and was apparently
hungover. While walking to his drive off of the first
tee, he took a detour into the woods and threw up. He then proceeded
to put his next shot on the green and sank the putt, thus carding
perhaps the first...."barfie".
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[Robin, Girl Wonder]

Some of these expressions are really great! Is someone collecting them
all? I would love to see everyone's contributions together in one posting.

My favorite so far is "on the dance floor but can't hear the band."

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Closets are for clothes

[Eric Cooper]

victory lap - putt that goes around the hole before going in
head first - a low shot that bounces a few times and then goes into water

Eric

[Kirk Haverkamp]

Some friends and I used to refer to skyballs off the tee as a "mortar
round," which then evolved into a "Sgt. Rock."

Shots into the woods or o.b.: a foul ball (for those of you familiar with
Detroit Tigers broadcasts, these are sometimes accompanied by "And that one
will go home with a fan from (Mason/Holly/Mt. Pleasant/etc)"

[Wendell R. Ricks]

I haven't seen

"get legs" encouraging the ball to keep going
"have a wreck" hoping the *speeding* ball will hit the pin
"blood ball" ball hit into the gallery or another group
"hit a rope" a straight shot

Sorry for any duplications.

WRRicks

[Harlan Whitley]

This is also referred to as, "The Fort Worth Rules", that is,
for the people down here in TEXAS.

_harlan_
>
> > In article <2rqtgr$4...@news1.hh.ab.com> Rich G. Ciccotti,

> > rgci...@icd.ab.com writes:
> > >"Whip it out!" (Men only) - refers to tradition in which if your drive
> > > doesn't reach the ladies' tee you must hang out your d**k while
> > > walking to your ball
>
>

> Which is fine, as long as you are properly attired (i.e., no jeans and a
> t-shirt!)
>

[Jai Roberts]

Gary Stein <st...@CBL.UMD.EDU> writes:

NO FAIR! All i get is "Ooooooohhhhhhh, nice shot."
I only have Harbour Town.
Anybody got any others?

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[christopher p milette]

Wendell R. Ricks (ri...@icat.larc.nasa.gov) wrote:

: I haven't seen

: "get legs" encouraging the ball to keep going

I usually call out "Fly baby, fly!"

Chris -- of course, it usually doesn't :-)

[Harlan Whitley]

One I use quite often, when someone drills a put and it is
obivously is going 10 ft past the hole, I call them "Rocketman".

And of course, a putt very short of the hole, the golfer/male
is referred to Alice, no offense to women of course.

_harlan_

[M. Tang]

Gordie Howe - 9 stroker ... ouch!
In the Drink - water .. doh!
Beer Belly - 6 stroker .. ok on a par 5.
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[warren.a.montgomery]

Here are some more I haven't seen here yet:

Duck hook -- severe hook which dives to the ground. Also
sometimes heard it called a goosneck or swan dive.

Rain maker -- High and short

Worm burner, snake in the grass -- toped shot that never leaves
the ground.

Feeding the alligators -- hitting into a pond. Also "alligator
feeder" for an old ball used on water holes.

Smiley -- topped iron (so named in the old days when such a shot
generally left a smile shaped cut on the ball.

Tree iron -- an axe, as in "better take your tree iron with you
when you go looking for that one.

Getting on the dance floor -- reaching the green (I don't know the
origin of this one.)

"Practice swing" -- a whiff

On the beach -- in a bunker

In the shade -- in the trees

Also, a good deal of Baseball terminology or slang makes it onto
american courses: (A popup, a line drive, a grounder, hitting to
right field, sttriking out) I'm sure there are lots more.
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[Neil Randon Kent M]

> While in England if you hit a long drive they would call you a "cracker"

Would they ?????

Neil - England

[Kirk Haverkamp]

[Mark Koenig]

robin_g...@macgate.csuchico.edu (Robin, Girl Wonder) writes:

>My favorite so far is "on the dance floor but can't hear the band."

Thanks! That is one of my favorite...

Good Putting!
Mark
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"The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it.
The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for beginners): Don't do it yet.
The Third Rule of Program Optimization (for experts): Don't tell the salesman."

[Tom Wright]

Sometimes the most useful club in the bag:

the Gallenkamp wedge

(maybe this is regional, but Gallenkamp is a shoe store)

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[lf...@cernvm.cern.ch]

>> While in England if you hit a long drive they would call you a "cracker"
>
>Would they ?????
>
>Neil - England

..... only if you were playing with Frank Carson, surely -)

[Sam Panageas]

In article <2rq7li$d...@tierra.santafe.ede>, cha...@alife.santafe.edu (charlie) writes:
|> Adam Goldberg (ad...@microware.com) wrote:
|> : In <20MAY94.17...@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA> GARCIA F <H5...@UNB.CA> writes:
|>
|> : >Great job gang! You guys on the NET have certainly come up with
|> : >some pretty creative "SLANG". But I know there are more out there!
|> : >Come on Gary McCord, I know you are out there, let's hear some of
|> : >them. Here are some of the entries so far:
|>
|> In the sandtrap = at the beach
|> In the sandtrap = break out your suntan oil
|> In the water hazard = goin' swimmin'
|> a golfer on the green in regulation = birdie man

a golfer on the gren = he's on the dance floor

[Paul Campbell]

Donald Macleod (dona...@FEGS.CO.UK) wrote:
: Some good slang out there. But I've still not seen any term for
: the putt which hammers into the back of the hole, jumps backward
: and to one side (or even directly backward), teeters on the edge
: then finally drops... Surely this phenomenon has a name??

Perhaps:

Off the Glass
Kiss the Glass
That ball must be homesick
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[Paul Campbell]

My uncle on occassion says this after I duff a shot...

"Oh no....the four most unwelcome words in golf..IT'S STILL YOUR TURN!"

pc

[Shannon Ortiz]

After hitting a driver straight up in the air off the tee, one of the guys in
my usual 4some ALWAYS YELLS, "What did you use a PITCHING WEDGE."

[car...@austin.ibm.com]

In article <2s51po$3...@u.cc.utah.edu>, paw...@u.cc.utah.edu (Paul Campbell) writes:
> Donald Macleod (dona...@FEGS.CO.UK) wrote:
> : Some good slang out there. But I've still not seen any term for
> : the putt which hammers into the back of the hole, jumps backward
> : and to one side (or even directly backward), teeters on the edge
> : then finally drops... Surely this phenomenon has a name??

>
> Perhaps:
>
> Off the Glass
> Kiss the Glass
> That ball must be homesick
> --

How about

An N.B.A.
A Micheal Jordan
A Slam Dunk
A Victory Lap

Other Slang expressions:

"takin' it under" - shooting under par
"takin' it deep " - shooting way under par
"getting penciled" - your oppenent's cheating
"that's tired" - an very average shot
"that's busy" - your next shot will be very difficult
"chew" - backspin
"staked it", "leathered it", "flagged it" - a shot hit very close to the hole
"rubber ball" - balata ball
"hard ball" - sirlyn ball
"sticks" - golf clubs
"beat it" - go ahead and hit
"call the cops (you got robbed)" - a putt that should have gone it
"can't hit it out of your shadow" - bad player
"squirreled it" - hit it bad

[BKC02%ALBN...@uacsc2.albany.edu]

"Frog hair" - the fringe around the green.

"Fore... fish" - said about a shot heading for a water hazard.

[bob ray]

To: ALL
Subject: Re: Golf "SLANG" Glossary

Subject: Re: Golf "SLANG" Glossary

More golf slang:

Two balls ending up close together: "Good cart golf"

* OLX 1.52 * bob...@tstation.mn.org (Bob Ray - aka Dr. Bob)

[bob ray]

To: ALL
Subject: Golf "SLANG" Glossary

Subject: Golf "SLANG" Glossary

GF>Great job gang! You guys on the NET have certainly come up with

>some pretty creative "SLANG". But I know there are more out there!

Sandtrap: Going to the beach.
In the woods: Looking for Jane (of Tarzan and ...)
In the water: Going on a cruise.

Some local ones:

Getting a 5: a "Stack" (after local golfer Bob Stack, who once shot
all fives for nine holes)

Getting a 4: a "Short Stack."

[John G Johnson]

"one" - what members of my group typically say if you accidentally knock your
ball off the tee in setting up.

[David P Goshorn]

Playing in a company outing, I heard a gentleman whom had just hit a
"worm burner" look disgustedly at it and say, " a TBF!". Eyebrows up, curious
looks, a sly smile, "TBF? Texas BugF**ker!"

Dave from Jersey

[Glenn Horton]

>
> After hitting a driver straight up in the air off the tee, one of the guys in
> my usual 4some ALWAYS YELLS, "What did you use a PITCHING WEDGE."
>

We use "What did you use a PITCHING WOOD."

Glenn Horton SAS Institute Inc.
sas...@unx.sas.com SAS Campus Dr.
919-677-8000 x6640 Cary, N.C. 27513

[Thomas McCormick]

In article <2s5c1v$1...@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> johj...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John G Johnson) writes:
>"one" - what members of my group typically say if you accidentally knock your
>ball off the tee in setting up.

Man! I hate that one! That is just as idiotic
and unoriginal as the guys who yell You da man!

[christopher p milette]

Paul Campbell (paw...@u.cc.utah.edu) wrote:

: My uncle on occassion says this after I duff a shot...

: "Oh no....the four most unwelcome words in golf..IT'S STILL YOUR TURN!"

: pc

I use "FISO" pronounced 'phizo' with a long 'i'... Fuck, I'm still out.

Chris

[MICHAEL MARKZON]

>More golf slang:
>
> Two balls ending up close together: "Good cart golf"

Two balls end up on opposite sides of the fairway and you've got a caddy
carrying doubles: "Good Caddy Golespecially if you're a caddy like me!

[B Kelly]

00dwen...@LEO.BSUVC.BSU.EDU wrote:
: on those wonderous occassions when i get to write an "X" down for my
: brother i try to remind him that we are golfing not bowling--though
: his scores are similar. a hearty fred flintstone "striiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike"
: as i write usually keeps his head down for a hole or two. i should
: point out that only would i treat my big bro this way on the course (no,
: we're not raider fans)--sibling love.

: david endicott
: ball state university
: 00dwen...@bsuvc.bsu.edu

How about "took a divot the size of a skateboard"

[Eric Cooper]

A couple more I thought of:

foot mashie - kicking the ball
skate - yelled at the ball to make it go further

Eric

[Who the hell is this]

I like to refer to my clubs as "The Weapons" and on bad days they become
"weapons of mass destruction"

Darrell

[Kirk Haverkamp]

When I was in high school, my golf coaches used to say "You hit the wrong
ball first!" (i.e., the Earth) whenever we hit behind the ball.

One very common term I haven't seen here yet is referring to a putter as a
"Texas wedge."

[Sam Panageas]

One we use:

get legs - yelled at the ball to make it go further while putting

[Michael DeRiso]

How about...

"let the big dog eat" -- on a long, open par 5 where you try to
jump out of your socks with a 300-yard
drive [which too frequently dribbles to
the ladies tee or slices OB :(]

"hit all you've got" -- on a 250+ yard second shot, where club
selection doesn't matter, unless you carry
a -3 iron

Michael E. (Mike) DeRiso Manager, Products & Services Planning
Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213
phone: (412) 268-3045 fax: (412) 268-5758 net: m...@sei.cmu.edu

[Richard Stern]

: "hit all you've got" -- on a 250+ yard second shot, where club

: selection doesn't matter, unless you carry
: a -3 iron

On a par 5 at a local course there's a sprinkler head marked:

300
hit it hard

Makes me laugh every time I see it.

I think it'd be funny to have semi-insulting sprinkler head markings like:

you call that a drive? (for sprinkler heads within 100 yards of tee)
drop 'em buddy (for sprinkler heads between mens and ladies tees)

Richard Stern
rst...@col.hp.com

[Thomas McCormick]

"Sammy Synapse!" (For a *yipped* short putt)

"Mr. Muscle! (versus Lestoil)" (For a putt whacked well past the hole)
(or a shot clobbered over the green.)

-TMC

[Tom Riley]

Bob,
alalka;lkfal;jalkja

[Steve Smith]

In article <2sku63$g...@hp-col.col.hp.com> Richard Stern,
rst...@col.hp.com writes:
>: "hit all you've got" -- on a 250+ yard second shot, where club

>: selection doesn't matter, unless you carry
>: a -3 iron
>

>On a par 5 at a local course there's a sprinkler head marked:
>
>300
>hit it hard
>
>Makes me laugh every time I see it.

On the first par 5 at Passatiempo there is a sprinkler head about 275 out
that says something like "all you can eat".

[Robert A. Dyckson]

Robert A. Dyckson (rdyc...@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca) wrote:
: warren.a.montgomery (war...@cbnewsh.cb.att.com) wrote:
: : Here are some more I haven't seen here yet:

: : Duck hook -- severe hook which dives to the ground. Also
: : sometimes heard it called a goosneck or swan dive.
: :
: : Rain maker -- High and short

: : Worm burner, snake in the grass -- toped shot that never leaves
: : the ground.
: :
: : Feeding the alligators -- hitting into a pond. Also "alligator
: : feeder" for an old ball used on water holes.
: :
: : Smiley -- topped iron (so named in the old days when such a shot
: : generally left a smile shaped cut on the ball.
: :
: : Tree iron -- an axe, as in "better take your tree iron with you
: : when you go looking for that one.

: : Getting on the dance floor -- reaching the green (I don't know the
: : origin of this one.)

: : "Practice swing" -- a whiff

: : On the beach -- in a bunker

: : In the shade -- in the trees

: : Also, a good deal of Baseball terminology or slang makes it onto
: : american courses: (A popup, a line drive, a grounder, hitting to
: : right field, sttriking out) I'm sure there are lots more.
: : --

: : Warren Montgomery
: : att!iwrmv1/warren

Sorry, I had a problem with my last message.

Warren, a guy in my golf group read this in a magazine article. When a guy
hits a long putt that makes it about halfway to the hole the response from
another guy in the group was " a lot of chicken left on that bone ! " I
thought you might like it and you can imagine there are lots of chances to
use it. BOB D

[Russ Buyse]

In article <CqqJG...@austin.ibm.com>, gbou...@austin.ibm.com (Gary Bourque) writes:
|>
|> Other variations
|>
|> "victory lap" -- ball circles the cup before falling in
|> "toilet bowl" -- see 'victory lap'

I made a putt like this once and a guy in my foursome said:

"All-around good putt."

russ
--
Russell Buyse Tivoli Systems Inc.
bu...@tivoli.com 6034 West Courtyard Dr. #210
(512) 794-9070 Austin, TX 78730

[K P Hickman]

I just returned from Kapalua and played the village course.
Several of the sprinkler heads on the par five had quotes such as:

ALL YA GOT
JUST HIT IT
ARE YOU KIDDING ?

I throughly enjoyed see them.

[Robert A. Dyckson]

[Gary Bourque]

Other variations

"grow feet" -- keep going
"grow teeth" -- stop
"hit a house" -- stop (also hit a truck, elephant, tree, whatever)

"victory lap" -- ball circles the cup before falling in
"toilet bowl" -- see 'victory lap'

--
* Gary Bourque * A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of
* * government. It can only exist until a majority of
* gbou...@austin.ibm.com * voters discover that they can vote themselves
* * largess out of the public treasury. - A. Tytler

[Eric Swanson]

In article <2s5c1v$1...@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, johj...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John G Johnson) writes:
|> "one" - what members of my group typically say if you accidentally knock your
|> ball off the tee in setting up.

"two, hitting three" when you touch it to re-tee it.

[Harlan Whitley]

That's funny, especially when it rolls on the green! :>

There's one here, for the locals, it's Indian Creek, that has
a sprinkler head approximately 300-350 yds out. It says
"in your dreams". This particular sprinkler head doesn't
have any yardage marked, so I don't know how far out it is.

Excellent Putting!

Harlan :))))

[M S Rawson]

Apologies if this appears twice ... my mail system chewed it up last time!

One that I like is:

"In the tradesman's entrance."

for a putt that goes around the edge of the hole and in the back.

--
.....8.....8..888..8...8...888888. Mike Rawson
....88...88...8...8..8....8.......
...8.8.8.8...8...888.....8888..... M.S.R...@dur.ac.uk
..8..8..8...8...8...8...8.........
.8.....8..888..8....8..888888..... Shout 4, shoot 6 & write down 5.

[Jim Richardson]

>>I think it'd be funny to have semi-insulting sprinkler head markings like:
>>
>>you call that a drive? (for sprinkler heads within 100 yards of tee)
>>drop 'em buddy (for sprinkler heads between mens and ladies tees)
>>
>>Richard Stern
>>rst...@col.hp.com

>I just returned from Kapalua and played the village course.
>Several of the sprinkler heads on the par five had quotes such as:

>ALL YA GOT
>JUST HIT IT
>ARE YOU KIDDING ?

>I throughly enjoyed see them.

On the par 5 13th hole on Torrey Pines South there is "DREAM ON" on a
sprinkler head. The distance is 260+ yds to an elevated green.

[Fred Steinberg]

"Getting Smooted" - Showing up at the course and not getting to play. Come's
from the time the Smoot Oil Company (I kid you not) had
a corporate outing. (No relation to the famous MIT Smoot).

[christopher p milette]

Harlan Whitley (whi...@SKIPS.DSEG.TI.COM) wrote:
: That's funny, especially when it rolls on the green! :>

: There's one here, for the locals, it's Indian Creek, that has
: a sprinkler head approximately 300-350 yds out. It says
: "in your dreams". This particular sprinkler head doesn't
: have any yardage marked, so I don't know how far out it is.

: Excellent Putting!

Lakes Course, first par 5, severe dog-leg left. The marker is
about 270 (paced from a closer marker). Saw it. And since I
can't hit the ball that long, well, it's correct! I think
there are 1 or 2 others on that course, but I can't remember
where.

Chris --

[T. Jerry Scott]

In article <2sl9fg$b...@tivoli.tivoli.com>,
Russ Buyse <bu...@pianosa.tivoli.com> wrote:

I have seen some of these slangs, and will add a few of my
favorites. I have been golfing for 35 years in the south and
midwest. Some slangs are southern, some are midwestern.

To Dance -- To take an Extra bet.
To DoubleDance - To take a double extra, as in a get even.
On the Dance Floor - you hit it on the green
On the Patch - also on the green (particularly South Georgia
saying)

Victory Lap - a putt that goes in, then goes all around the hole
before going in again.
Half Victory Lap - only uses half the hole to rim in and fall

Some of the following are masculine; so might be problems for
women golfers.

A 2 Nutter - you hit it all you could hit it; drained both of them
A 1 Nutter - nearly you longest shot, but people have seen you hit
one farther in the past. A 1 nutter is a super
shot though.
Got Both Cheeks - Alabama version of the Nebraska 2 Nutter
Too much juice - too much backspin; ball spun back too far

The Dreaded USA Putt - You're Still Away
A Three Chip - A chip and two putts when anybody in his or her
right mind would get down in two.

Finally, in terms of distance markers. A real story that happened
to us at Myrtle Beach at the Heathland golf course (a Legends
course). My friend is a shortish hitter (180-220). He layed up
over water on hole #5 (a nice par five). He went to see how far
he was from the 150 marker, which he was going to do by
subtracting 150 from the distance marked on the sprinkler head.
The sprinkler head said "Just hit it!" This then is a slang for
"You are so far it distance does not matter; even a 2 nutter will
not make the green!"

Hope you enjoy these slangs.

=====================================================================
Thomas J. Scott mf...@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
A golfer for 30 years Now a 3 Handicapper

I will think of some more and add them at my next meeting.

[T. Jerry Scott]

In article <2ssell$f...@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>,
T. Jerry Scott <mf...@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> wrote:

A few more slangs for you.

"The famous Toe-Jammer" A shot hit on the toe of a club that
turns out as good as a good one.

"Chili-Dip" and "I skanked it!" A chile-dip is that famous chip
from about 10 yards from the green that does not even make it to
the green. A chili-dip is almost always made with a sand wedge or
L-wedge. You cannot chili-dip a chip shot which is supposed to
run, like a 7 or 8 iron chip. To mess one of these up, you must
"skank it."

"You got the right one baby...." Two guys make good putts on the
same green.

"More air than trees" Often said when you just hit it hoping to
get through some dense trees, limbs, leaves, etc.

The tree one I really like is "Bob"
A particarlarly good one from the little town of Monmouth,
IL. The Monmouth HS golf team has won its state golf title about
six times and there are lots of kids who play Gibson Woods, a
nicely challenging 18 hole course with lots and lots of trees, far
too many in strategic places. So everyone usually launches at
least one into some grove to trees during a round. The locals all
yell, "Bob". It seems that one member named Bob hits shots into
the trees all the time and they seem to just go right through;
sorta like there are no trees there. The group just yells Bob.
Northing more is said.

Hope you enjoy these slangs. If someone is collecting these,
please email them to me, as I would like to have a good collection
of them.

[T. Jerry Scott]

In article <1994May25...@csusys.ctstateu.edu>,
<mck...@csusys.ctstateu.edu> wrote:

Reading through the various slangs, I thought of two more; these
from that wonderful Peach State, where golf is a 12 month sport.
These are:

"An Elephant's Ass" shot meaning
"you hit it high and it stinks"

"Oral" meaning a heel shot (Oral Roberts)

As I think of more, I will send them out. Great stuff, these
slangs.

[T. Jerry Scott]

In article <DPGOSHO.7...@crsgi1.erenj.com>,
David P Goshorn <DPG...@crsgi1.erenj.com> wrote:
> Playing in a company outing, I heard a gentleman whom had just hit a
>"worm burner" look disgustedly at it and say, " a TBF!". Eyebrows up, curious
>looks, a sly smile, "TBF? Texas BugF**ker!"
>
>Dave from Jersey

Down in the deep south, we have an ABF too. Those Texans don't
have it all you know.

A few others. RBS - rotten but satisfactory.
Slam Dunk - a putt that banks in the back of the hole, pops up
and then falls back in. We all love those
slam dunks.

I know of more, but it will take more time to get them recalled
into main memory. They are stored on a floppy disk labelled "the
1960's and another labelled "1970's"

[Bryan Zink]

Myrtle Beach National has several "comical" sprinkler head markings like "TOO
FAR" etc..