Conference 7.286::golf

           Term		:"in jail"
           Source	:Monopoly board game(Boardwalk and Park Place)
           Definition 	:unable to go forward.
           Usage	:I am "in jail" if my golf ball lies directly behind
           		  a tree and I have to hit somewhere other than
           		  directly at the green.

           Term		:"let the shaft out a little bit"
           Source	:unknown
           Definition 	:swing as hard a possible
           Usage	:If there is a lake in the fairway about
           		 250 yards out, and you know that if you
           		 hit the ball perfectly it might carry. You might
           		 say, "I think I will 'let the shaft out
           		 a little bit' and see if can clear the lake".
           
           

           Term		:"dead center perfect"
           Source	:from a book title(I think)
           Definition 	:hitting the ball at the absolute center
           		:of the club head.
           Usage	:If you hit the ball and feel no extra 
           		 vibrations, and that little whip in the
           		 shaft at the point of contact, you have
           		 hit the ball "dead center perfect".
           
                                       ***NOTE****
           
                         The ball usually travels an extra 10%,
           		 which usually cost you a stroke, but you
           		 don't care cause it felt perfect.	
           

    	   Term         : "Snowman"
    	   Source       : unknown
    	   Definition   : A score of 8 (eight) on a hole
    	   Usage	: If you just had an 8 on the 5th, you
    			  have made a "snowman".                      
    

    	Term		:"Dead on the stick"
    	Source		: Unknown
    	Definition	: A iron hit so perfectly that from the
    			  fairway it appears that the ball is going
    	 		  to hit on top of the flag stick.
    	

    
    
          TERM : "YOUR STILL AWAY"
        SOURCE : A MEAN SADISTICAL PERSON"
    DEFINITION : "WORST THREE WORDS IN GOLF" TERM USED ON PUTTING GREEN
         USAGE : STATEMENT MADE BY YOUR OPPONENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU
                 HAVE MADE YOUR PUTT, AND YOUR BALL COMES TO REST ON
                 THE GREEN.
    

	Term:       Nice Lag
        Source:     Sadistic partner from .6
        Definition: What is said when a eminently makable birdie
	            putt is left short.
	Usage:      "Nice lag". (anything more would be hazardous to
	            one's health).

	Term:       Leaking Oil
	Source:     Same sadistic partner from .6
	Definition: You are playing badly (and losing money). Your
	            sadistic partner says this to you before
	            the wheels fly off and the main seals blow.
	Usage:      "You're leaking some oil there champ"

    Eric

    
    REF: .3 - DEAD CENTER HIT
    
    ED,
    
     THIS IS ALSO CALLED " HITTING THE SWEET SPOT " PROVIDED YOU DON'T
    
    PEEK.(WHICH WE ALL KNOW, IS A MUST)
    
    REGARDS - L A 
    
    
                                        
    
    
     

    
    
    	RE:.7
    
    	Term: "Alice"
       sorce: Unknown
    	Def.: On the putting green, when someone putts a very "short"
    	      up to get to the hole...
    common usage:"ALICE you B**%#!
    
    	Todd

    THE BOOK TITLE YOU ARE THINKING OF IS "DEAD SOLID PERFECT" BY DAN
    JENKINS, WHO IS THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SENIOR GOLF EDITOR. HE HAS
    ALSO WRITTEN "SEMI-TOUGH" AND SEVERAL OTHER BOOKS, INCLUDING "THE
    DOGGED VICTIMS OF AN INEXORABLE FATE", WHICH IS A DELIGHTFUL BOOK
    ABOUT THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE P G A TOUR. [AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF
    SAYING THIS IS "TO CATCH ONE ON THE SCREWS", OR "DOUGH-POP".]
    

           Term		:"nice miss"
           Source	:unknown
           Definition 	:Poor shot which has unexpectedly good results.
           Usage	:An example of a "nice miss" is when you hit
                         a wedge which goes horizontally instead of
                         vertically but hits the side of an elevated green
                         and ends up 3 feet from the cup.

    	   Term		: "Mulligan"
    	   Source	: Beats the heck out of me
    	   Definition	: A replay of a bad shot, with the bad
    			  shot not counting (Cheating of course)
    	   Usage	: My tee shot went in the pond so I will use
    			  a "Mulligan" to avoid a poor score on this
    			  hole.
                        
       Paul,  Salem NH (NIO)

    
    
    	Term		: "Who put the bloody pipe in the middle of
    			   the course" (with english accent)
    	Source		: Monty Python
    	Definition	: When the ball stops behind those damn water
    			  pipes in the out od bounds area. ( I guess
    			  you shouldn't be out of bounds, but it helps)
    	Usage		: When you feel that your ball could have rolled
    			  through the tall grass, and continued onto
    			  the green.
    
    	mike, and a couple of friends......

                Term:  BIPSIC
              Source:  Manchester CC
          Definition:  Ball In Pocket Sit In Cart
               Usage:  After batting the ball to the limit and no further
                       want to attempt finishing the hole, you can declare
                       yourself BIPSIC.  

	               Enjoy the cart ride!  -Bob

                Term:  Elephant's Ass
              Source:  Public Service Golf League
          Definition:  A high teeball that goes nowhere.
               Usage:  I hit that one like an elephant's ass... it's
                       high and it stinks.
                     
                     

    
    	Source 		:John A. "Buddy" Mulligan - Essex Fells C.C.
    						      West Orange N.J.
    
    	Mulligan convinced his playing partners to allow him to re-play
    	his tee shot on the first hole, because he did not have an
    	opportunity to warm-up prior to the match.
    

    Term	:"Spank that bad boy"
    Source	: unknown
    Definition	: taking a long iron to a previously dubbed shot
    Usage	: While walking to your ball that you just dubbed off
    		  the tee, you take out your 3 iron and say, "I'm going
    		  to spank that bad boy!"
    
    Tony, Maynard.

    			    -<  " Give er some legs " >-
    
    	
    	Source  	:  unknown
    
    	
    	Used when partner is putting a good distance or uphill to insure
      he/she doesn't leave it short (ALICE it) .

    Term: 	"Albatross"
    Source: 	Unknown
    Definition: Scoring 3 under Par on a given hole
    Usage:      Gene Sarazen had an albatross on the 13th in the first
          	round of the 1935 Masters.

    Term:	"Come On Back"
    Source:	????
    Definition:	What a golfer will shout when he/she has hit with an 
    		incredible slice or hook.
    Usage:	When you have just jit the ball and it slices towards
    		out-of-bounds, you should yell, "COME ON BACK!!"

    
    
      term: never up never in
      source: ???
      def:  When a player doesn't hit the ball to the stick. Which of
    course doesn't give it a chance to go in.
    

    	   Term		:"fried egg"
    	   Source	: unknown
    	   Definition	:The condition a ball is in when it is about
    			 half buried in a sand trap.  If the sand is
   			 very fine there is a circle drawn around the
    			 ball( from the impact). Especially if you us a
    		         yellow ball, and have white sand, it might look
    			 like a "fried egg".
    			

    
           Term         :"Margarita"
           Source       : Some Southwestern 19th hole advocate
           Definition   : When your ball rims the cup on a putt, and
                          does not drop in.

    	  Term		:"in the Frog Hair"
    	  Source	:unknown
    	  Definition	:the first cut of grass that circles the green,
    			 its the length between the green and the fairway.
          Usage		:"you just missed the green, I think you are
    			 in the ``Frog Hair'' on the right side of the
    			 green.

    			-< "Be the right number>-
    
    	Term		: "Be the right number"
    	Source		: Burlington CC Burlington Vt.
    	Definition	: When you've hit and iron 'on the screws' and
    			  it's going 'right at it' you hope it's the
    			  right club.
    
    	Usage		: "Be the right number!!!!!!!!!!"
    
    
    
    	Term		: "Get down"
    	Source 		: As above
    	Definition	: When you know that it's not the right number
    			  because you really got it 'on the screws'
    			  (aka a flier) and you're going to 'air mail
    			  the green'
    	Usage:		: Oh S___, get down.

    
    Term:		"spit it out"
    Source:		unknown
    Definition:		you have just hooked or sliced your shot into
    			the woods.
    Usage:              "Spit it out"			

    Term:		"sit"
    Source:		unkown
    Definition:		often offered as exaltation to ones golf ball
    			when it has it a green and starts to roll past
    			the whole and often off the green. The number
    			times and loudness increase as the balls approaches
    			the back edge of the green (or even danger for
    			that matter)

    	Term:           "Hit a House"
        Source:         unknown
        Definition:     You want the ball to stop immediately!
        Usage:          What you yell after putting the ball and
                        and seeing it screem by the hole likely
                        to roll off the green.  Usually said right
                        before your opponent says "You're still
                        away!!!".

    Term:  "Does your husband play?"
    Source: Sadists
    Definition: Same as "Alice" or "nice lag"
    Usage:  INtended to be a query to a male golfer, as his putt is
    embarassingly short. Not intended to ruffle feathers of female
    golfers,who can putt just as far as any man.

    Term:  Stang it!
    Source: <sting> (southern accent)
    Definition:  To hit the ball straight and long. Usually off the
    tee.
    Usage: Your partner will tell you to "Stang It!" when you approach
    the tee. Your opponent will shout it when you address the ball.

    
    
    TERM       : UNCLE ELMER
    SOURCE     : MY FATHER
    DEFINITION : A BAD SHOT FROM ANYWHERE ON THE GOLF COURSE, THAT
                 NOBODY WANTS TO OWN UP TO. UNCLE ELMER DID IT!!!!!!
    

    		Term:	"Dreamer"
    		Source:  unkown
    		Def:     See .2   :^)
    

    		Term:  	"Peete...Peete"
    		Source: Golfing Partners
    		Def:	When you hit a ball that is heading into the
    			woods, you yell Peete...Peete (I think as in
    			Calvin Peete), hoping that it will hit a tree
    			and bounce back into the fairway.
    
    

    
                Term:   "Power Fade"
                Source:  Unknown
                Def:     More affectionate term for the slice, especially
                         when used to manuever around doglegs.

    Term   : "NITBY"
    Source : Peter Alliss
    Def    : When you have played a shot towards the green and
             it falls just short of a bunker, perhaps on the lip,
    	     so that you have to chip over to make the green.
    	     The shot you have to play next is deemed a "NITBY",
    	     "Not In The Bunker ....... Yet!"
    
    
    		Steve (A very new player - three months - whose best
    		       round so far is BAD!)  :-)
    

    	  Term		:"chili dip"
    	  Source	:unknown (I first heard it in Mexico, of all
    			:places)
    	  Definition	:hitting behind the ball while attempting a
    			 delicate pitch shot, resulting in a large
    			 divot and moving the ball forward a foot or
    		 	 so (if at all).
    	  Usage		:"Ah'd'a broked on the 18th."
    			 handn't'a chi	                     
    

    Sorry about the garbled usage for chili dip...it was supposed
    to say
    
    "Ah'da broke a hunnert 'n twenny if ah hadn'ta chili dipped on the
    18th."
    

    	
    	TERM:	"wormburner"
      SOURCE:	from softball for a pitcher that throws a lot of balls
    		in the dirt. original origin unknown
         DEF:	When a ball is topped from the tee or fairway and goes
    		screaming along the ground without bouncing. Usually
    		makes a slight whirring noise from going through the
    		grass, thus only scorching the worms and not killing
    		them.
       USAGE:	"wormBURNer" - spoken like the appearance of a whale
    		on the side of a boat, as in "whaleho" Spoken usually
    		the person hitting the ball but not always.
    

    	
    
    	Term	: Acorn Shot
    	Source	: Malicious woodchuck on 15th hole in Gardner (Mass.)
    	Def.	: When hitting the sweet spot but... firing the ball
    		  straight into an oak tree in the autumn. (Sound of
    	 	  falling acorns)
    
    	Usage	: Self-evident therefore unnecessary, however extremely
    		  enjoyable to "rub it in" to your opponent when he
    		  hits it.

    	Term    :Reagan
    	Source  :Golf buddy
    	Def.    :Bad lie
    

    "let the big dog eat"   Used to empasize a big, long, humongous
    drive!!!
    

	 You may  have  heard  this  before,  but  last week I heard a great
	 description of the game of golf:

		''Golf is the art of putting a very small ball
		  on top of a very large ball, and trying to hit
	          the small one instead of the big one.''

					- anonymous

	 -- Mr Litby

    The definitions of the only two kinds of golf shot:
    
    1. That will do!   (Good shot, especially a VERY good shot)
    
    2. Oh S***!    Opposite of 1.
    

                Term:  Snake Raper
              Source:  A couple of young, new golfers
               Usage:  Along with .39, it denotes a tee shot that never
                       got off the ground.  If it doesn't burn a worm,
                       it will probably rape a snake!
    
    
    

           Term: "Pickee Uppee Headie"
         Source: A young, but experienced and seasoned golfer.
            Def: During a tee shot, when the temptation to watch your
                 shot is too great and you pick your head up too quickly
                 and you dub your drive
          Usage: Makes a great excuse for dubbing just about any drive,
                 as well as most shots.(putts included)
    

    	Term: "That'll play"
    	Source: Old man that you are paired up with
    	Def: Used to piss you off after you hit a 10 yard drive to the
    	     ladies tee.
    
    	Term: "Rat F*rts"
    	Source: The Reverand in "Caddy Shack" before he gets hit by
    	        lightning.
    
    	Term: "Cinderella Story from Augusta"
    	Source: Carl in "Caddy Shack"
    	Def: Used when you are playing above your game walking up to
    	     the 18 tee needing just par to break 80. Then you drive
    	     one ten yards, a wormburner to the ladies tee, your partner
    	     says "That'll play" to which you reply "RAT F*RTS".
    
    Tim

    
    Term: "Run it out skippy"
    Source: Little league baseball
    Def:  When you top a shot (ground ball to the infield)

    Re. 8.22
    
    The originator of this phrase was none other than Arnold Palmer.
    

    	Arnie wasn't the originator, it was his wife!!!
    
    Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!
    
                                                        Beak

    
    
    		Term: Grow teeth.
    	      Source: Jim Thorpe
    	     Meaning: Same as "bite". When you've hit a shot to
                      the green and you think it might not hold.
    
    Mike
    

    		Term: Military Golf
    		Source: Lee Trevino during last week Players tourny
    		Meaning: Hit one left, hit one right,left,right,left,right
    
    Tim
    

    		Term: Lifting a Ham Steak
    		Source: Some avid golfer at Rowley Country Club
    		Meaning: Making a good size divit and being able to
    			 replace it.
    
    Neil

    		Term: Exhausted Kangaroo
    		Source: RTE radio 2 kids program..
    		Meaning: OUT OF BOUNDS  
    			 
    
   Leo

    TERM: BEAVER PELT
    SOURCE: CANADIANS
    MEANING: A LARGE DIVOT
    

    
    
               term:   "Career"
               origin:  young slasher
               meaning: Term used by player after scoring his most
                        impressive, consistent, flawless golf in
                        a time period longer than his/her memory can
                        service.
               usage:   very rare...

    
    
    		Term:	"Information round"
    		Origin:	 Yours truly
    		Meaning: starting off the side with scores 5 5 5
		usage:	 All too often    

    
    		Term:  "Catholic Golf"
    		Origin: Down near the Chapel
                Meaning: across here and across there
                          -----           -----
                Usage: Over last month, constant .
    
    Walker
    Prestwick , Scotland

    Term:	"Woods Ball"
    Source:	Unknown, First heard during a game in Rochester NY.
    Meaning:	A ball you found in the woods, has gotten a taste of
    		the woods, (just like a wild dog getting the taste of
    		blood), and the ball will somehow always find its way
    		back to the woods.
    
    Usage:	When you drive into the woods you opponent says:
    			"What'd you use, a Woods ball!"
    		or:
    		When you find one, someone will say, 
	    		"Don't put that woods ball in with the
    			 rest of your balls, they talk you know!"
    		or even:  
    			"Don't touch it, pretend it's not there."
    
    This guy uses them all.
    
    	Mike

Expression I heard a few weeks ago on a putt that went in from about
30 feet;

	"Like a rat to a drain"

/Eric

	

    
    
    	Term:	"That dog will run!"
    	Source:  Unknown
    	Meaning: When you get a lot of top-spin on a drive and it keeps
    		 rolling and rolling.  Not always a long drive but plenty
    		 of roll once it lands.
    

    
    
    		Oops....I was just informed that the real term is
    		"That dog will HUNT".  Run, hunt...hey, who cares!
    

    
    
    		Term: On the Saddle
    		source:  My Caddie days
    		Meaning:  Your partner in a match is playing so poorly
    		that you are carrying the team.  Your partner is on
    		the saddle.

    
    
    term: SAG
    owner: Kevin Roselle
    meaning: _uck _ss golfer
    
    useage: After an inspiring hole one would term himself and as
    this case would be his partner also (Dave), to be SAGs and 
    members of the SAG Association. There's a little jingle that goes
    along with it but I don't remember it now.
    
    Dave

    	Term:  somebody left the cage door open
    	Source: who knows
    	Definition: Animalistic shot ie. 150yrd pw, 300yrd drive
    	Usage: Look out somebody left the cage door open and the gorilla
    	is loose

    Term: Army Golf
    Origin: Unknown
    Meaning: Hitting shots left, right, left, right...
    Usage: Last season, most of the time!

    Term: Woody Woodchuck
    Origin: Me
    Meaning: When partner,or opp. slices,or hooks out of sight,and all you
    hear is the ball knocking timer;Ref. to them as a "Woody Woodchuck".
    

	When you play the North & South courses back to back.  (Preferably
	in the same day!)

    
    	Term:   "Nice drive"
    	Origin: ?
	Usage:  No, this isn't the term you use when your on the tee,
    		this is the term you use when the hole is over. The
    		person you say it to did infact hit a nice drive, but
    		then proceeded to screw up the hole in some way...!
    		Usually said to your oponent not your partner...

    
    TERM:          360
    SOURCE:        A circle is 360 degrees,(circular).
    DEFINITION:    When your ball rides everybit of the inside edge
                   of the hole and does not go in.
                    
                                    
   

    	Term	: "Mulligan"
    	Source	: A Canadian Hotel clerk by the name of (you guessed
    		  it !!) had a bad habit of when he finally got on the 
    		  golf course of missing his first shot in his 
    		  friendly match. His competitors finally started
    		  giving him a free shot or "Mulligan" to make up
    		  for his miss cue. I read this one in Golf Digest
    		  or Golf Magazine.
    
    
    	Regards,
    
    	Ron Hadac/Who/Is/Looking/Forward to/February/and a Miami vacation/  

    Term: Rick O'Shea, the famous Irish pro
    Source: Some random hacker I was paired with late this season,
            who came out with it when one of his errant shots hit
    	    a tree and caromed out of the woods back to the fairway.
    

    
    
    re. -1
    
    	Frank,
    
    		THAT'S BAD.....;-)
    
    						Fred Deady

    Here's a few more...
    
    -"Moon Pie" or, "Salisbury Steak" = Large divot.
    -"Adjacent" = close to the hole; "He hit it ADJACENT".
    -"Walk the Dog" = improve your lie. Occasionally your partner may
    look at a particularly ugly lie and say "that dog needs walkin'"
    - "Jam"! = Telling the ball to stop quickly.
    - "It breaks 6 inches straight down" = advice given to someone who
    can't read a putt.
    -"Hang your wash on it" = Describing a shot with perfectly straight
    trajectory.
    "Fans" = The wind. "They really turned the fans on today".
    "Make a girl out of it" = Hitting a balata golf ball on top with the
    leading edge of an iron and "changing" the covers appearance.
    "Trombones" = A score of 76.
    "Red Grange" = A score of 77.
    "6 dollar cab ride" = A long putt.
    "phone number" or, "area code" = high score.
    "Beat it like a Pig" = play poorly.
    
    ...Only a few more weeks,
    
    --The Skoal Bandit

    
                 TERM: GROW TEETH
               SOURCE: JON KENARY HOLDEN C/C AS FAR AS I KNOW
           DEFINITION: WHEN YOU HAVE HIT A SHOT INTO A GREEN AND REALIZE
                       YOU ARE GOING BY THE FLAG BUT HOPEFULLY ON HIT
                       THE GREEN.
                USAGE: GROW TEETH YOU BI***!
    
    I HAVE BEEN KNOW TO USE THE TERM WHILE PUTTING.
      

    
                  TERM: NOT LONG BUT OFF LINE
                SOURCE: SOME WISEA**
            DEFINITION: WHAT ONE MIGHT SAY WHEN YOUR PARTNER HAS DUFFED
                        OFF THE TEE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TOTALLY
                        RUDE. IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN " YOU HACK "
      
    

    My dad has a hidden solution for keeping his ball out of the woods.
    Every time his ball strays he yells "Miller,Miller,Miller". I don't
    know why but it does seem to work    :-)
    
    
    Tom

    
                        TERM: BERNIE BOGELMAN
                      SOURCE: YOUNG BILL HOWETT
                  DEFINITION: A MAN NOT UNLIKE BIG FOOT, WHO HAS NEVER
                              BEEN SEEN BUT IS ALWAYS LURKING IN THE
                              WOODS AROUND GOLF COURSES.
                       USAGE: WHEN YOU HAVE A TREE FOOTER FOR PAR YOU
                              MIGHT SAY, " I THINK I HEAR BERNIE BOGELMAN
                              CALLING ME." THEN CAN IT AND YOU MAY SAY
                              SOMETHING LIKE, " IN YOU FACE BERNIE."      

Never ask a low handicapper what club he just hit.  They can never give you
a straight answer, like "I hit a 9 iron."  Instead, you are more likely to
hear: 

	"...a closed-faced, cut-down 9 iron"

	"...a wristy, half-swing 9 iron"

	"...a cut shot 9 iron"

	"...a high 9 iron"

    TERM:  "WORM BURNER"
    SOURCE:MY GOLF GAME
    DEF: WHEN HITTING BALL, BALL NEVER GAINS LOFT HIGHER THAN HEAD OF
         A WORM.  THUS BEING CALLED A WORM BURNER.

    
    
    Term: The worst three words in golf - You're still away
    Source: Bob Mook
    Def: When on the green, after someone putts and it's still their
    turn.

    
    
    Term: Golf is an honest man's game
    Source: ??
    Def: Use this for all those foot wedge players

    Term: right green, wrong area code.
    Source: Announcer (or color commentator) during a PGA event
    Def: Long putt.
    Usage: You're on the right green, but you're in the wrong area code.
    (Used when the Shark (I think) ended up about 100 feet from the
    pin on one of those humungous greens).

    Term:	GET IN THE HOLE
    Source:	Every fan that you see on TV during a gold tournament.
    Usage:	When a pro hits a ball from a tee, regardless if the
    hole is 150 yards or 970 yards. They all yell GET IN THE HOLE.
    Comment:	Aren't you tired of it!

    
    term: "too short and not hard enough"
    source: Hubie green to Fuzzy Zoeller on 1st hole of 1989 Masters
            par 3 practice round, immediately after Fuzzy left his 1st
            put short. I was standing on the fringe about 2 ft. from
            Fuzzy, whe he responded, "hey sh@t happens". (it was great).
    defenition: another term for "Alice"
    usage: on the golf course to upset opponents, or elswhere.....
    
    

    
    term:  " I figured it out "
    
    Source: just about every golfer at least once a round
    
    definition: what a golfer says when s/he hits a good shot.
    
    note: only good usually for 1 or 2 more shots !
    
    ace
    

    
    term:  open up the green
    
    source:  unknown
    
    def:   when an opponenent hits a prticularly viscious hook or drive
    and ends up on a neighbouring fairway
    
    usage:  well, at least you've opened up the green !
    

    term:  I've got it
    
    source:  unknown
    
    def:  when an opponent completely miscues his tee shot and it
    goes about 10 yards onto the ladies tee
    
    usage: (shouted in a loud and reassuring voice) "OK, [Fred/Jim/Tom],
    I've got it !"
    

    term:  worker
    
    source:  unknown
    
    def:  same as your wormburner,etc
    
    usage: to partner,opponent or self, "that's a real worker"
    

    term: still a bit of life in it
    
    source: Peter Allis, BBC golf commentator
    
    def:  a putt which is a long way from 'dead'
    
    usage: there's still a bit of life left in that one
    
    
                

Re:	.89

>    term:  I've got it
>    
>    def:  when an opponent completely miscues his tee shot and it
>    goes about 10 yards onto the ladies tee
>    
>    usage: (shouted in a loud and reassuring voice) "OK, [Fred/Jim/Tom],
>    I've got it !"
    
	Funny in our group we just invoke the infield fly rule! ;-)

	Larry

    
    >	Funny in our group we just invoke the infield fly rule! ;-)
     
    O.K. I give up!  What does this say in English ?
    
    M.
    

    Infield fly is a baseball term which is a pop up, short, in the
    infield. The batter is automatically out...
    
    Really means "not good."
    
    Jim
    

I was playing in the Noters Scramble with Larry Warfield last fall.  One of
the the members of our team whiffed on a tee shot, and Larry responded with
"gee, that must have been a STEALTH drive."  It was very funny at the time.

Jeff

    Term:  UBE (pronounced you-bee)
    Source:Me to my husband when he skulled a shot that hit a tree that
           ricocheted onto the green for a par
    Def:   UBE - an acronym for Ugly But Effective
    Usage: Can be used any time a shot is aesthetically displeasing but
           manages to get the job done.
    
    (He's probably already taken credit for this in one of the 95 previous
    notes...)

Re: -.1

Reminded me of a couple:

    Term:  RBU (similar to UBE )
    Def:   RBU - an acronym for Rotten but Useful
    Usage: Can be used any time a shot is aesthetically displeasing but
           manages to get the job done.


When you hit a hot chip shot and it is motoring past the flag you need
the next expression.

    Term: Sit UBU
    Def:  Variation on telling your ball to sit (stop)
    Source: From the end of some television show where they have a picture
	of a BIG black dog with a Frisbee in his mouth.  A voice says 
	plaintively "Sit UBU".

    
    	Re -.1  My partner and I started using this phrase this season in
    	the Amherst NH league.  There was a whole conversation at the end of 
    	those TV shows!  A typical scene in our group was:
    
    		Putter rips one too long.  As it flies by the hole,
    		implores "Sit Ubu, sit."
    
    		As ball slows down (well past hole), my partner: "Aarf!"
    
    		When ball finally stops, foursome in unison: "Good dog."
    
    	Mike

    
    Term:  excavating?  
    		Also, Want a shovel? 
    Def :  Taking a LARGE divot.
    Source: My dad. 
    Usage:  1st time - when I nearly sprained my wrist taking a VERY thick
    divot -  nowhere.  The ball sort of just rolled off the upraised turf.
    
    C'mon, I was thirteen.    
    
    	    Now, just about every time I take a divot. 
    
    
    	Norm

    This will probably draw some flak but here goes;
    
    Term: Does your wife play?
    Def:  Leaving a short putt short!!
    Usage: My partner usually asks me this after I have left a
    five foot putt two feet short of the hole!!

    I usually ask my partner, Jim, if his husband plays when he does
    that!!!  :-)  :-)
    
    Beak

    
    "Nice pelt"  -- remark made while a huge square divot flys through the air
    
    "A fist full" -- scoring 5 on a hole
    
    "Hit a tree" -- spoken as a putt zips by the hole

"Chuck Connors, starring in The Rifleman" -- being too strong on a putt.

I recently layed with a fellow that plays "sandies, greenies and barkies." 
I naively asked "what is a barkie?"  He responded with "a par made after
hitting any part of a tree." 

    Two of my favorites:
    
    "A Thurman Munson"
    
    A severe hook (a.k.a "a dead yank")
    
    "An other"
    
    As in, what did you score on that hole?
    I had "an other".  This corresponds to the scores shown on TV as
    how a particular hole has played in a tournament, for example, the
    17th has had 3 eagles, 43 birdies, 200 pars, 16 bogies and 6 OTHERS.
    
    bl

    You're putting like Helen Keller seems to stick with me.

    
    
       Term:      An "Enterprise" shot
       When:      When a playing partner or opponent hits a shot to
                  a part of the course  "Where no man has gone before".
    

    
    My partners favorite;
    
    "You could lay pipe in that thing!"
    
    (after an extremely "fat" shot...)
    

    re: 8.108
    
    Comet::Pinar....is that you Bill?  How the h*ll are ya! Still hittin'
    'em a mile?
    
    Steve

    The are worse things than hitting a house !
    We were playing one morning next to a trailer court at 5:00am, the hole
    was a 230 yd par 3, a used my 3 iron and pulled it badly, the next
    thing we heard was the ball ping-ponging about 6 or 7 times off a
    couple of trailers, that will wake up the neighborhood.  Needless to
    say I didn't par the hole.
    
     Dave_M

    Term:  LOUIE
    Def :  Hitting your ball into the trees or at an obstruction
           and yelling, "LOUIE" will send your ball back into play.
    
    Source: The DEC SHREWSBURY GOLF LEAGUE 

    term: whats the buffet today ??
    
    def: what you say when the group in front of you walks
         to the clubhouse after a 3 & 1/2 hour front 9 (stow north)
    
    
    
    term: bruce springstine
    
    def: another way of saying your "trapped"

	Here is a list of terms form the January 1990 issue of GOLF.

	AIRMAIL IT:	 		hit a shot over the green
	AMPUTATE THE DOGLEG: 		cut the corner of a dogleg hole
	AROUND_THE_WORLD: 		shot an 80
	BACK OF THE TIN:		back of the cup
	BAILING OUT:			making a successful recovery shot
	BEND IT:			hit a hook
	BIRD DOG:			an excellent caddie
	BLACKSMITH:			a player with a rough touch on the green
	BLOCKS:				tee markers
	BLUEPINTED IT:			hit a good shot
	BOOGER:				bogey
	BOWLING ALLEY:			narrow fairway or landing area
	BRILLO:				short rough around a green
	BROWN SUGAR:			a sand trap
	BUGCUTTER:			a poorly hit low shot; a groud ball
	BURN THE CUP:			hit a putt that just misses
	CABBAGE POUNDER:		spends a lot of time in the rough
	CARDING DOUBLES:		making double-bogeys
	CAT BOX:			sand trap
	CHAUFFEUR:			caddie who drives a golf car
	CHEW:				bite or backspin
	CHIEF:				driver
	CHILI-DIPPER:			club hits turf behind ball
	CHOPPER:			a poor golfer
	CUP CITY:			ball goes dead into the hole
	DANCE FLOOR:			putting green
	DRAIN JOB:			a successful long putt
	DUCK-SOUP:			easy
	DUTCH HARRISON:			player with a reputation as a needler
	EXPLODING:			swinging hard
	EYEBALL THE NAP:		read the line of a putt
	FAT CITY:			1) in good position or enjoying a good
					   lead; 2) hitting shots fat
	FEATHER A SANDY:		hit a delicate sand shot
	FIELD GOAL:			a longish short putt
	FOAMIES:			beers
	FOUR-PLUSER:			player with a plus-four handicap
	FRIED EGG:			burried lie in the sand trap
	FROZEN ROPE:			a straight shot
	FUNGOES:			practice shots
	GAS BUGGY:			gasoline-powered golf cart
	GET IT WET:			hit into a water hazard
	GIVE SOMEONE THE COLLAR:	cause them to feel the pressure
	GO TO SCHOOL:			learn the line by watching a similar 
					putt
	GREAT SONGSTER DROPS HIS GLORY-BE:	make birdie
	GREEN HOCKEY:			taking a lot of putts
	GREEN ONES:			dollars
	H DEUCE:			water
	HICKORIES:			clubs
	HIPPY HAIR:			long rough
	HOOVER:				a "sweeping" shot
	HOUSECLEANING:			removing debris from the line of a putt
	ICE RINK:			a fast green
	INCHWORM:			a questionable marker of the ball
	IN JAIL:			in the woods or rough
	JACK IT UP:			take a preferred lie
	JUICE IT:			hit it too far
	KICK-IN TERRITORY:		a short putt
	KNEE-KNOCKER:			a tough short putt
	LARD-ASS A BEAVER SKIN:		take a huge divot
	LAY SMOKE:			hit a big drive
	LET THE BIG DOG EAT:		hit the driver hard
	LET OUT SHAFT:			swing hard
	LICORICE STICK:			graphite shafted club
	LONG ROAD TO THE BARN:		a long, long putt
	MASSAGE IT:			stroke a putt delicately
	MEMBER BOUNCE:			a fortunate bounce
	MORTE:				French for "dead"; in big trouble
	MR. AERESOL:			a spray hitter
	NAP:				the green
	NIBLICK:			wedge
	NO-BRAINER:			a successful long putt
	NOODLE:				hit a curving recovery shot
	NUTMEG PARLOR:			a sand trap
	OCEAN LINER:			a long putt across the green
	OFF THE SCREWS:			on the sweet spot
	ORAL ROBERTS:			a "heeled" shot
	OSCAR BROWN:			out of bounds
	OVERFADE:			hit a big slice
	OUT ON THE FLUFFY:		in the fairway
	PILL:				golf ball
	PLAY DARTS:			shoot at the pin
	PLUMBER:			an excellent putter
	POLLUTED:			to land in a water hazard
	POP A RAINMAKER:		hit a high shot
	POSTAGE JUNGLE:			a small green
	POUNDING CABBAGE:		hitting from the rough
	PRO SIDE:			above the cup
	PUT A LITLLE CUTTY SARK ON IT:	hit a "cut" shot for position
	PUT THE PERSIMMON ON IT:	hit a powerful drive
	QUAIL HIGH:			a very low shot
	RECOVERY ROOM:			the grill room; the 19th hole
	RED GRANGE:			a score of 77
	RELOAD:				hit another ball
	ROCK PILE:			practice tee
	ROLLERCOASTER DANCE FLOOR:	a severly undulating green
	SACK:				golf bag
	SANDBAGGER:			a golfer with an unrealisticly high
					handicap
	SIT ON ONE:			hit an extra long drive
	SCUFF THE FLAT STICK:		hit a putt fat, scraping the green
	SECOND-IN-COMMAND:		2-wood
	SERVICE ENTRANCE:		side of cup
	SHACK:				starters shed
	SHORTS:				less distance than needed on a shot
	SHORT STICK:			putter
	SITTING PRETTY:			a good lir
	SLAM DUNK:			hit the back of the cup hard and go in
	SLEUTHING THE FOREST AND SOLVING THE MYSTERY:	finding an escape route
							from a bad lie or rough
	SMOKE CITY:			long shots
	SNAP INTO THE SPINACH:		hook into the rough
	SNOWMAN:			a score of 8 on a hole
	SPANK:				hit the ball firmly
	STIFF-A-ROO:			a shot that finishes very close to the
					hole
	STONEY:				a shot that finishes very close to the
					hole
	SWOONER:			an anxiety-producing, difficult shot
	"TAXI!":			expression of dismay as putt moves by
					hole
	THE BIG BIRD SINGS:		the player makes birdie
	THE BIRD MIGHT CHIRP TWICE:	there may be two birdies
	THROW-UP ZONE:			a difficult six-foot putt
	TIGER TEES:			championship tees, or all the way back
	TOOLIES:			the deep rough or woods
	TOSS GRASS:			check the wind
	TWEETER:			birdie
	TWO-SHOTTER:			a par-four hole
	USING ENOUGH STICK:		selecting the correct club
	VAN GOGH THE BEAST:		play well on a difficult course
	WEDGIES:			wedges
	WHITEE:				golf ball
	WINNOW THE HAY:			hit from the deep rough
	WORM-BURNER:			a poor, ground-hugging shot
	WIND CHEATER:			a low shot under the wind
	YANK IT:			hit a duck hook
	ZEPPELIN:			a skied shot
	ZIZZES BACK:			spins back
	

    
    <re;109  "still hittin' em a mile?"
                                                   
    Hi Steve,
    
    Good to hear from ya....well, I'm not hitting them a mile, but the
    altitude here helps out a lot...plus, as you may know, my distance
    is often determined by how bad I played the previous hole.  A 300 
    yard poke is often preceded by a triple bogey!  8')  I've had this
    nightmare that someday I'm going to miss my tee shot and screw myself
    into the ground....
    
    Hit em' well....
    
                                               Bill
    

    term: Is that good
    def: your opponent makes a close put and wants you to give him the
    rest of it.
    reply: not bad 
    

    Term:Screaming Eagle
    
    Origin:first round this year in January when the snow had subsided.
    
    Def: Any idiot who moves twenty yards up the fairway and get in
    the way of one of my wormburners.(especially when he has a bad knee)
    
    
    Ted

	New term picked up at the course:

	Chernobyl - v. to melt down, have the wheels come off, usage:
	I was 2 under after 6 then Chernobyled and made the turn 9 over.

	Now I wonder is the logical extension to add this verb.

	TMI - v. to come close to chernobylling, but recovered, usage:
	I was 2 under after seven, TMI'ed the eight with a triple, but
	birdied nine to make the turn at even par.

	Larry

    I just heard a term used by a friend Keven Johnson; 
    
    	I asked him what iron he used for his approach shot..
    
    	He said "I hit a 7 with face"  
    
    	What's face?  
    
    In his language he meant , I hit a 7 iron with wind in my face.
    
    	Condensed english ;)
    
    	Walta

    
    	"That shot had handle bars"
    
    
    	Usage-  When you are guilty of "steering" a shot and end up
    		with a weak fade... 

    "Huntin poultry"  or just "poultry!"
    
    Usage:  A birdie opportunity.  As in a shot that lands within 10 ft
    		for a birdie, "You're huntin poultry!".  Since shortened
    		to just "Poultry!" or "that's poultry".  

	term:	THREE STOOGES

	usage:	used to describe the 4some up ahead of you that, for some 
		unknown reason, all stay within 5 feet of each other 
		during the whole round -- all walk to away ball together...hit...
		all walk to the lost ball in woods...search...hit...etc.

		Q: what's the hold-up?

		A: "watchin' the THREE STOOGES" :)

    Term........"Pick a stallion"
    
    Meaning.....In two-person match play, when you're not playing well 
    	        and your partner is playing beyond his capabilities; you 
    		just "jump on the saddle" an ride him home.
    
    Usage.......I "picked a stallion" today!

    
    RE: .123 "Pick a stallion"
    I refer to this as having a "live mount".  I've had several matches
    where not only was I playing poorly but the "stallion" wasn't running
    either!  But when your partner is hot you've got a live mount.
    
    
    						KO

    UB = used for guys like the Mad Hacker stands for Ultimate Bagger
    
    peter

     Or, in a Golf Handicap Court of Law, he'd be known as "The
    Defendant..."
    
    --Jack

    Term:  CALL THE GOVERNOR
    Source: Brian "I live for golf" Rakestraw
    Definition:  double par= death by lethal injection, which means call
                 the Governor, because you just died!!!
    
    

    TERM: "MEAT BAT DRIVER"
    SOURCE: BOB "SNAP HOOOOK" HARRIS
    DEFINITION:  HE SWUNG HIS BIG OL MEAT BAT DRIVER 280 YDS.
    

	Heard this one yesterday after leaving a 10 foot putt on the lip.
	One of the player said it was a "South American putt"...

	One more revolution...

    Term    Beaver Pelt
    Def    The HUGE divot that flies as far as the ball during an extreme 
           miss-hit
    Sometimes can be found hanging from poor golfers belt as a sign of a
    lousy round
    
    
    JaKe
    

    Also heard either Ben Wright or Peter Aliss refer to this situation by
    stating:  "It appears he hasn't lost his turn"
    
    Nadine ("getting ready for the Ladies Senior Tour....")

      chunk vt. - to strike a golf ball in a manner where a piece of turf
                  lies between the clubface and the ball.  Also known as
                  "hitting it fat". 

      Use: The hacker, beating his club into a plowshare, chunked the ball
           up the fairway. 

The term and the book is "Dead Solid Perfect".   Same definition

    One heard this weekend that cracked me up:
    
    "I hit that drive like Pee Wee Herman"
    
    in reference to a driver that was almost missed and did not get much
    distance.
    
    Mike

Term:        "Blondie"
Usage:       Following a superb drive, 250yds +, on a long par five
Definition:  A fair crack up the middle

Randall  :-)

    In our regular group we generally play trash in addition to our
    standard bet. Trash consists of the standard "greenies, birdies and
    sandies". 
    
    We have since added a few more:
    
    Term: Barkie
    Hit a tree and make a par
    
    Term: Splashie
    Hit the water and make a par
    
    Term: Polie
    Make a putt longer than the flagpole
    
    Term: Nipple
    If you three putt you give everyone else a dot
    
    And my favorite:
    Term: Mystery
    If you hit a putt and it doesn't go in and you think it's simply a
    mystery you didn't make it, you can declare it a mystery. You get the
    dot only if everyone else in the group also agrees it was a mystery it
    didn't go in. So far no one has ever cashed on a "mystery".
    
    Ken 

Recently,  Ross MacKenzie and myself flew to Royal Dornoch to 
play golf against Ross' father, Andrew ("Sandy") MacKenzie and 
Andrew's playing partner Iain McAllister.  Both these men are in 
their late sixties, have retired to the North of Scotland to end 
their days doing what they like best - to play golf.  Although 
60+, they are still keen golfers, 10 & 14 respectively, and very 
competitive.

Everything started well, until the 6th green.  The second shot is 
into an elevated green.  Although you can clearly see the flag, 
you can't actually see the green until you walk up and on to it.  
I hit a fairly good 6 iron into the green, but as the Americans 
would say "Gee Rossi, that looks hot", and we couldn't say where 
it finished.  Sandy was about thirty yards short of the green and 
as Iain walked onto the green, Sandy politely enquired:

 "Iain, is our friend in the bunker, or is the bastard on the green ?"

To me that sums up the whole spirit of golf.  What a game.  I couldn't 
stop laughing for ages.

Randall

P.S.  I was classed a friend anyway - I missed the putt.

    
    
    Ben Wright - yesterday's <International> Golf tournament describing
    someones approach to the green.  "He hit that one a little chubby."
    
    

    I might have said "want a taco (for that chili dip...)?"
    
    --Jack

    
    TERM: BIG FAT LADY.
    
    SOURCE: HAVING A 8 (BIG FAT LADY) AT A CERTAIN HOLE.
    
    USEGE: HAVING A BAD ROUND OF GOLF THEN THE HAVING A FAT LADY AT THE
    5th.
    
    
                                    

    
    TERM:   ELEPHANT BALL.
    USAGE:  Anytime you need a phrase for a shot that is particularly
    	    "high and stinky".     8*}
   
    

    I played with a guy this weekend who is full of favorite golf terms.
    Here are a couple that come to mind. 
    
    W.O.D - Way out dare - as in "that's WOD"
    This next one may be in bad taste for some but here goes:
    
    Thurman Munson - A dead yank - as in "That shots a Thurmon Munson"
     
    Ken

    Term: "Nice Read"
    Source: Competitor
    Def: Usually said we you read a putt to break 2 ft. left and it breaks
    3 ft. right and ends up 10 ft. from the hole.  (also see Alice)  also
    see "the wind blew my dress up in my face during my backswing"
    
    
    Term: "Keep it Low"
    Source: Lee Trevino when asked by an amature partner during a pro-am
    what he thought about a certain putt.

    Term: In the Greta
    Source: Greta Garbo
    Root: Rough known as garbage, Garbo= Garbage hence,
    in the Greta.
    
    
    Roll the r so its Grrrreta, 
    
    Say it dont do it!!!!

    Term         : in the parking lot
    Source       : Myself
    Definition   : On the wrong side of the green
    Usage        : In response to a derisive "Your on the dance floor."
                   "Yeah, but I'm out in the parking lot"