Wit & Wisdom of Golf

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Golf Dictionary

Short hole - Term used to describe any par three.

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Short stick - The putter, so named because it's the shortest club in the bag. You can make up for a lot of bad work with other sticks if you can handle the short stick.

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Shotgun start - Some tournaments station players on each tee to start a round so that they can all finish at roughly the same time. This is called a shotgun start because the beginning of play was once signalled by a shotgun blast. Now they use a horn to signal the beginning of play—it's a lot safer.

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Unless there is a ringer in the tournament and you want to even the playing field.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Side - Each nine holes—front and back. Also each team in a competition.

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Sitter - Term for a ball sitting atop the grass in the rough. Pray for a sitter when you see your tee shot heading for trouble.

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Skull - To hit the upper part of the ball, causing a fast, low driving shot. You might try hitting slightly more under the ball with a sweeping movement of the arms.

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Sky - To hit too far under the ball, causing a high, ballooning shot. You might try using your hands to open up the clubface a bit.

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Slam-dunk - To hit the ball into the hole with great force. This usually happens when a putt or chip that is moving much faster than the ideal speed slams into the back of the cup, pops into the air, and falls into the hole.

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Slice - A shot that curves to the right. The most common fault of amateur golfers, generally caused by an open club face at impact. To hit the ball with too open a club face. You might try closing it up a little.