Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Take it deep - To shoot a very low score. (See also shooting the lights out)

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Talk to it - Golfers are always issuing pleas or instructions to their ball. "Get up!" "Get down!" "Sit." "Bite." It's fun, and there's no rule against it, so go ahead and talk to it.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Tap-in - A short, easy putt that anyone can make. (See also gimme)

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Tap-in - A putt short enough to miss one-handed.

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Target Line - An imaginary line from a player's lie to the target which the ball would follow if an imaginary golfer hit it.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Tee - Small wooden peg on which the ball is placed for a drive from the teeing ground. The condition of the tee after the tee shot provides an indication of whether or not the ball was hit correctly. If the tee flips backwards and lands in one piece a few inches behind the place where it was inserted into the grass, the ball was probably hit well. If, on the other hand, the tee breaks into three or more pieces, is driven deeper than two inches into the ground, travels farther than the ball or catches fire, it probably wasn't.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Tee Off - To drive a ball off a tee. Players who have made their drives off a tee are said to have teed off, but at this point it is almost always also correct to say that they are teed off.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Teeing Ground - A clearly defined rectangular area 2 club-lengths in depth from which players hit shots 20 to 30 dub-lengths directly forward or 5 to 10 flub-lengths to either side.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Temper -
1. Metal transformation into a heated state in which stiffness and strength are imparted to steel club shafts.
2. Mental transformation into a heated state in which bends and crimps are imparted to steel club shafts.

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Tester - A putt that's long enough so that it's not a gimme but short enough so that a decent player should hole it, so called because it tests a golfer's skill.