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| Caddie |
Someone who carries a player's club during play and offers him assistance in accordance with the rules. |
| Caddie master |
The golf course employee in charge of managing the caddies. |
| Caddie Shack |
A small hutt used by the course manager to hide illegal supplies of dynomite used for hunting goffers. |
| Caddie-car |
A golf car or car. |
| Calamity Jane |
The name that Bobby Jones gave to his putter. Also putters modeled after his hickory-shafted blade putter |
| Can |
In slang, to hole a putt. |
| Cap |
The top end of a club grip and shaft |
| Card |
A card used to record scores in stroke play. Also, to make a record of your score. |
| Carpet |
A slang term referring to the putting green or fairway. |
| Carry |
The length of travel by the ball after it is hit to the place where it first hits the ground |
| Cart |
A two-wheeled trolley on which a golf is fitted and pulled around the course. In some cases trolleys are battery powered. Can also refer to a golf car. |
| Casual water |
Any temporary accumulations of water that are visible before or after a player takes his stance and is not a hazard or in a water hazard. A player may lift his ball from casual water without penalty. |
| Center shafted |
Putter in which the shaft is joined to the center of the head. |
| Charge |
To surge from behind and display superior play. Also to play or putt aggressively. |
| Chart the course |
Pace each hole so that you know how far you are from the green. |
| Chili-dip |
To hit the ground before the ball, producing a weak lofted shot. |
| Chip shot |
A short approach shot of low trajectory usually hit from near the green. It is normally hit with overspin or bite. |
| Chip-and-run |
A chip shot including the run of the ball after landing. Also known as 'bump and run' |
| Chip in |
A holed chip shot. |
| Choke |
To grip down farther on the club handle. |
| Choke |
A slang term used to indicate a collapse under pressure. used as follows. "You sure choked on that Birdie putt." |
| Chop |
To hit the ball with a hacking motion |
| Cleek |
Any one of many narrow-bladed iron clubs used for long shots through the green from the rough or sand. Another name for the # 1 iron. Also, a shallower faced lofted wooden club. Another name for the #4 wood. |
| Cleat |
The spike on the sole of a golf shoe. |
| Closed face |
When the clubface is pointed to the left of the target when you address the ball. |
| Closed stance |
A stance taken with the right foot pulled back away from the ball. |
| Club |
The implement used in golf to strike the ball or tree depending on the shot. Consists of a shaft, grip and a clubhead of wood or metal. |
| Club head |
The hitting area of the club. |
| Clubhouse |
The main building on the course. |
| Clubhouse lawyer |
A self-appointed caller or arbiter of the rules |
| Cock |
To bend the wrists backwards in the backswing. "I'm not even going to go there" |
| Collar |
The grassy fringe surrounding the putting green or The center of the golf ball. |
| Come back shot |
The shot you make after you have overshot the hole. |
| Compression |
The flattening of the ball against the clubface at impact. Also the degree of resilience of a ball. |
| Condor |
A four-under par shot. A hole-in-one on a par 5 for example. Has occurred on a hole with a heavy dogleg, hard ground and no trees. Might also be called "a triple eagle". See also "miracle", "sign from God", "in your dreams " |
| Control shot |
A shot that is played with less than full power |
| Core |
The center of the golf ball. |
| Course |
The playing area which is usually made up of 9 or 18 holes with each hole having a tee off area, fairway and green |
| Course rating |
The comparison of playing one course as opposed to another in terms of difficulty. It is expressed in strokes or decimal fractions of strokes. The yardage of the course and the ability of a scratch golfer are the basis for determination |
| Crack |
To allow one’s good play to suffer when under pressure. See "choke" |
| Cross-bunker |
A lengthy bunker that is situated across the fairway. |
| Cross-handed grip |
A grip where your left hand is below the right. |
| Cup |
The container in the hole holds the flagstick in pace. |
| cuppy |
A deep and enclosed lie. |
| Cut |
The score that reduces the field to a pre-determined number and eliminates players in a tournament. Usually made after 36 of a 72 hole tournament. |
| Cut shot |
A controlled shot that results in the ball stopping almost immediately on the green without roll. |
