I am sure you’ve watched golf tournaments on TV. You listen to the commentators and sometimes you get confused and don’t know what they’re talking about.
At a social gathering, you see a bunch of guys, or girls, having fun talking about golf, and you decide to join in, listen to their conversation and tell yourself, ‘what are they talking about—birdie? eagle? yipps? shank?” Then, they laugh about something, and you laugh too, pretending you understood them, but you don’t.
In the golfing world, there are several terms that only a golfer can understand. A non-golfer confuses these terms with something else. These are some of the terms:
Address - The position a player is in, with the club behind the ball, just prior to his backswing.(to a nongolfer—the place where you live?)
Carry - The distance a ball travels after being struck, until it hits the ground. (to a nongolfer--to take hold of something and lift it up?)
Chip - A shot, generally close to the green, that is low and then rolls on the green like a putt. (nongolfer—poker chip? potato chip?)
Cup - The device in the bottom of the hole which keeps us golfers from getting dirt on our hands when we retrieve the ball. (nongolfer--coffee cup? tea cup?)
Dog-Leg - A fairway that has a sharp turn, either left or right, shaping it to the form of a dog’s hind leg. (nongolfer—a real dog’s leg?)
Drive - A shot played from the teeing area of a hole.(nongolfer—as in drive a car?)
Driver - The longest club in your bag used to generate the most distance. (nongolfer--one who drives a car?)
Fried-egg - A ball that has landed in the sand trap and stays in the impression of impact. Looking down on it, the raised sand with the ball in the middle, resembles a "fried egg" (nongolfer--as in sunny side up?)
Hooker – A golfer whose ball, after being struck, curves away from right to left. (nongolfer—a lovely individual roaming the streets at night?)
Lie - The place and position that your ball has come to rest. (nongolfer—opposite of truth?)
Threesome - A group of three players playing golf together in same flight. (nongolfer—hmmm…something sexual comes into my mind.hahaha!)
There are, of course, other golf terms that you should know about. Take some time to learn them. So the next time you watch golf on ESPN or the Golf Channel, you will understand and enjoy the game more. And the next time you hang out with a bunch of golfers, you will not look so dumb and ignorant.
Golf Joke: A man was looking for a new caddy one day when his friend said "I know a great caddy - he is 90 years old but he has eyes like a hawk." "OK," said the man "Tell him I'm playing again in a week." The week passed and the day of the game arrived. They started playing and the golfer hits a perfect drive and he said to the caddy "Did you see where it went?" The caddy then said "Yes". "OK then, where is it?" The caddy replied "I forgot."
