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Golf Terminology
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- face - The front of a club or bunker.
- fade - Shot that curves gently from left to right.
- fairway - The prepared surface running from tee to green.
- fairway wood - Any wooden club that’s not your driver. Nowadays, you say fairway metal because you don’t see many wooden clubs anymore.
- fat - To strike the ground before the ball.
- feather - To put a delicate fade on a shot — don’t try it yet!
- first cut - Strip of rough at the edge of a fairway.
- first off - Golfers beginning their round before everyone else.
- flag - Piece of cloth attached to the top of a flagstick.
- flagstick - The stick with the flag on top, which indicates the location of the cup.
- flange - Projecting piece of clubhead behind the sole (bottom).
- flat - Swing that is less upright than normal, and more around the body than up and down.
- flex - The amount of bend in a shaft.
- flier - Shot, usually hit from the rough, that travels way too far past the target.
- flub - To hit the ball only a few feet.
- fly the green - To hit a shot that lands beyond the putting surface.
- follow-through - The part of the swing after the ball has been struck.
- foozle - To make a complete mess of a shot.
- Fore! - What to shout when your ball is headed toward another player.
- forged irons - Clubs made one by one, without molds.
- forward press - Targetward shift of the hands, and perhaps a right knee, just prior to takeaway.
- foursome - Depends where you are. In the States, a group of four playing together. In Britain, a match between two teams of two, each hitting one ball alternately.
- free drop - Drop for which no penalty stroke is incurred, generally within one club length of where the ball was.
- fried egg - When your ball is semiburied in the sand.
- fringe - See apron.
- frog hair - Slang for apron, fringe, or collar.
- front nine - The first half of your round of golf; the second half is the back nine holes.
- full swing - Longest swing you make.
