When playing golf you often say words that you might not fully know why you use them. Some are obvious and some are not, like why we yell “fore” not everyone knows. But then there are some golf terms that are just somewhat clear, like knowing that each hole has a “par”. But why say [...]
Golf etiquette should always be followed, but when it comes to the rules of golf most of them are very important to follow yet some rules are really just up to the people playing. Obviously when playing in any competition or at the professional level you have to follow every single rule to the “T”. [...]
A common golf term that is misunderstood is “executive course“. At first glance one might think it is some type of VIP course or very high end, but in fact the terminology “executive golf course“ really mean shorter.
These types of courses normally don’t have any par 5 holes, and have more par 3’s than par [...]
Just another golf terminology thrown around the course is “Birdie”.
We all know that we want birdies but why is it called a birdie anyway ?
The “birdie” came from golfers at the Atlantic City Country Club in 1899.
The term ‘birdie’ originated in the United States in 1899. H.B. Martin’s “Fifty Years of American Golf” contains an [...]
Some golfers may know how to hit the ball, but don’t know a thing about golf etiquette ( commonly misspelled edicate or ediquette ). They seem to disassociate the actual rules of golf with the etiquette, but aren’t they really the same thing.
One main thing about golf etiquette is knowing when to wave other golfers up.
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If you are new to golfing or just want to better understand what is going on, we want to help you. Golf terms can be confusing like Heel, Toe, Square Face, Closed Face, or Open Face. So we would like to help clarify in the most simplest way for everyone to understand.
Your club face is [...]
Many golfers have been playing the game for years and have never really known the correct way to use a divot repair tool to fix their ball marks.
The higher end golf courses seem to offer repair tools with greens fee, and they normally have a pamphlet on the correct way to use it. But so [...]
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