Ten Golf Terms That We Misuse

by Ryan Ballengee on May 5, 2009 12:24 PM EDT

The USGA produced a list of the top ten golf terms that go misused by players on a regular basis. The article has a good explanation of what the terms actually mean, but this summary of the list may surprise you.

10. "Through the Green" - any area that isn't a hazard, green, or the tee ground. Not behind the green.
9. "Rough" - not even used in the rulebook. It's through the green.
8. "Fairway" - only found once in the Rules of Golf. It's also through the green.
7. "Waste Area/Waste Bunker" - this is any area that isn't hazard or bunker, so treat it like you would any space through the green.
6. "Trap" - it's a bunker, apparently.
5. "Cup" - use hole.
4. "Pin" - use flagstick. Pin placement - as Court has told me - isn't even in the Rules.
3. "Tee Box" - unless you are Laura Davies and making tees from dirt, then you use the tee ground.
2. "Rub of the Green" - do what?
1. "Foursome" - that's a style of match play, not you and three buddies.

Use your words right! Grammar, though, is optional.

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“Through the green” includes the green – it’s any area not a hazard from the teeing ground through the green.
“Pin” – apparently it’s just “hole placement” – not pin placement.

Foursome as a group of 4 isn’t incorrect – it just also has the match play definition…and the porn definition. :-)

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on May 5, 2009 12:41 PM EDT reply actions

“by definition within the Rules of Golf, if an area of the golf course is not a hazard (i.e., a bunker or a water hazard), and is not the teeing ground or the putting green of the hole you are playing, it is “through the green.”"

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by Ryan Ballengee on May 5, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions