Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Quail high - A mishit shot flying very low to the ground.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Quick - When you rush your swing, your putting stroke, or your overall playing routine, you are getting quick. This usually results in poor play.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Quoits - Along with curling, racing in luges and tossing the caber, the only game other than golf that has been voted Most Pointless Athletic Pursuit of the Decade more than three times by the editors of Stupid Sports Magazine.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

R&A - The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, founded in 1754 and the oldest golf club in existence. As such, it holds many "firsts" in the game of golf: first accusation of an altered scorecard (1754); first disqualification for use of improper equipment (1754); first suspension for profanity (1754); first caddy fired for accepting a bribe (1754); first expulsion for throwing clubs (1754); first properly replaced divot (1897); first twosome permitted to play through (1924); first totally restored bunker surface following the play of a sand shot (1946); first completely honest handicap claim (1957); and first lost ball recovered by a following golfer and returned to its rightful owner (1984).

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Rainmaker A, shot that is hit very high, so called because it travels close to the clouds.

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Stan! Nothing for the 10th of October! Have you run out of quotes and sayings?

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Rake - To pull the ball back into the hole casually with your putter after missing a putt. Amateurs often miss these rake jobs and then still count the stroke as holed because they only made a token effort. That's cheating.


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[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Rattle it in - When a putt bounces around the hole a bit before dropping into the cup, a golfer has rattled it in. This usually occurs when a putt has been struck firmly into the hole.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Reading the Green - Since greens are rarely level and their surfaces vary in smoothness or "speed" depending on how moist the grass is and how recently it was cut, golfers must examine them closely to determine which way and how far the ball will roll. Even the "friendliest"-looking green will have some tricks up its sleeve, and many are downright ornery. Thus the "message" of any given green, as read by the well trained eye of a seasoned player, can range from "Aim a little to the left" or "Look out-anything more than a light tap will run right by the hole" to "The best thing you can do with that putter is make it into a decorative lamp base" or "You'll be lucky to four-putt, and by the way, those are absolutely the ugliest pants I have ever seen."

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Ready golf - In ready golf each player may "fire when ready," a procedure instituted to speed up play.