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Golf Tips For Beginners
Golf Terminology: A Glossary Of Golf Terms From C To D
Caddie: Caddies are individuals who are paid to carry your golf clubs around the course for you and who are also able offer advice on how to play the course.
Carry: The carry is a term which refers to how far your golf ball flies through the air.
Cart: A golf carts can either be a small vehicle which players use to drive around the course or a small dolly which travels on 2 wheels and is pulled manually.
Casual Water: Casual water refers to puddles of water which have accumulated on a course as a result of rain, as distinct from designed water hazards on a course.
Cavity Back Iron: A cavity back iron is a particular type of iron which has the majority of the club head's weight distributed around its perimeter. The back of the club head is basically just a large cavity and this helps to reduce the mass in both the center and the back of the head, thereby creating a bigger head and a larger 'sweet spot' on the face.
Certified PGA Professional: A certified PGA professional golf player is any individual who has attained or exceeded the golf teaching standards of the Professional Golfer's Association of America.
Check: A check refers to the action of the golf ball as it stops rolling as a result of the amount of backspin on it.
Chip: The chip is a shot that is normally played from just off the green.
Closed Face: A club face is described as being 'closed' when it points to the left of the target (This term is normally applied to right handed golfers).
Closed Stance: A closed stance refers to a stance in which your body alignment is facing to the right of your intended target (This term is normally applied to right handed golfers).
Club Face: The club face is the bottom part of the golf club which makes contact with the ball.
Clubhouse: A clubhouse is normally an indoor area located on a golf course which provides services such as the golf pro shops, restaurants, restrooms and sometimes conference rooms.
Collar: The collar, which is similar to a fringe, is the strip of grass which runs around the green and which is usually longer in length than the grass on the putting surface.
Coming Over The Top: Coming over the top is a phrase used to describe the movement of the club as it travels through the downswing and into a right-to-left pathway across the ball (for right handed golfers). Another term sometimes for this movement is the out-to-in blow.
Compression: Compression refers to the squeezing in of a golf ball when it is impacted by the head of a golf club.
Course Rating: Every golf course is given a rating which refers to the degree of difficultly of the course. The higher the course rating, the more difficult the golf course is to play.
Crossed Over: Crossed over is the term which describes the shaft of a golf club when it is at the top of the backswing and facing towards the right of the target (for right handed golfers).
Cross Handed: A 'cross handed' grip is a specific putting grip in which the left hand is positioned below the right hand (for right handed golfers).
Cup: The cup is simply another word the hole in the green which is the ultimate target for the golf ball.
Cupped Lead Wrist: A cupped lead wrist refers to a backward bend in your lead hand when you strike the ball. The lead hand is the hand which is nearest to the hole once you are set up for your swing. (For a right handed golfer the lead hand is the left hand)
Cut: A cut is another term for a shot which bends towards the right (for right handed golfers).
Deloft: 'Delofting' a club is simply decreasing the amount of loft on the club face by tilting your club shaft in the direction of your target.
Dimple: Dimples are small indentations which cover the surface of a golf ball.
Divot: A divot is a small piece of turf which is removed by your golf club when you hit a ball. Divots should be repaired (replaced) as a matter of basic golf course etiquette.
Dogleg: A 'dogleg' refers to the curved pathway (right or left) from the tee to the cup.
Double Bogey: You are said to make a 'double bogey' when you sink your ball in two more shots than the par for a specific hole. For instance, if the hole is a par 4 and you sink your ball in 6 shots then you have made a double bogey.
Double Eagle: The double eagle describes the completion of a hole in 3 shots under par.
Downhill Lie: A downhill lie refers to a stance in which your front foot is below your back foot when you are addressing the ball.
Draw: A draw describes a shot which bends to the left (for right handed golfers).
Drive: The drive is the initial shot on each hole which is taken from the tee.
Driver: The driver is the longest club in your golf bag and is the club which gives you greater distance than any other golf club.
Driving Range: A driving range is an off-course facility which is designed to allow golfers to practice their swing. Driving ranges has individual 'booth-like' areas from which you can practice hitting balls as long and as far as you want. In some cases driving ranges also have areas for you to practice your short game.
Drop: A drop is the practice of returning your ball to the course by dropping it onto the playing surface after it has been hit out of bounds or into an area from which it is unplayable.
Duff: To duff is simply to miss or totally mess up a shot.
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