Golf Glossary - The Terms of Golf
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| Caddie | |
| A person paid to carry your golf bag. Caddies are usually knowledgeable about golf, knows the course, and can give you some good tips to help you score better on a hole. | |
| Carry | |
| How far a ball flies in the air from where it was hit to where it hits the ground. If a ball is hit over a hazard, it is said to carry the hazard. | |
| Cart | |
| Either a small motorized vehicle used to drive around the course, or a small two-wheeled dolly you can strap your bag to and pull around the course. The manually operated cart is usually referred to as a pull-cart. | |
| Casual water | |
| Water that has collected on the course, other than in a hazard. | |
| Cavity-back iron | |
| A type of iron that has most of the weight of the club head located around its perimeter, to create a larger head and a larger sweet spot on the face. The back of the club head is essentially a large cavity, which reduces mass in the center and back of the head. | |
| Certified PGA professional | |
| A qualified teaching professional who meets or exceeds the teaching standards set by the Professional Golfers Association of America. | |
| Check | |
| When the ball stops rolling because of the backspin on it. | |
| Chip | |
| A short approach shot where the ball is hit with a lofted club so that it carries a short distance and rolls toward the pin. The idea is to carry the ball over an obstacle such as a bunker or small water hazards such as a creek. | |
| Closed face | |
| When the club face is pointing to the left of the intended target (for a right-handed golfer). | |
| Closed stance | |
| When your body alignment is pointing to the right of the intended target (for a right-handed golfer). | |
| Club face | |
| The part of the club head that makes contact with the ball. | |
| Club head | |
| The base of the golf club, where the ball is intended to be struck. | |
| Clubhouse | |
| The large building on the grounds of a golf course that usually houses the pro shop, a restaurant, restrooms, and some type of meeting room. | |
| Collar | |
| A strip of grass around the green that is longer than the grass of the putting surface. See Fringe. | |
| Coming over the top | |
| When, on the downswing, the path of the club head tends to move in a right-to-left motion across the ball (for a right-handed golfer). Also called an out-to-in blow. | |
| Compression | |
| The squeezing or flattening of the golf ball at impact. | |
| Concede | |
| Used in match play to grant that another player has won the hole before play is actually completed, or to concede that your opponent will make a short put and allow them to pick up the ball rather than take the putt. | |
| Course | |
| The area where play is permitted | |
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Course rating | |
| A number that defines a courses level of difficulty. Higher is harder. | |
| Cross bunker | |
| A bunker lying across the line of the fairway. | |
| Crossed over | |
| Having your club shaft pointing to the right of your target at the top of your backswing (for a right-handed golfer). | |
| Cross-handed | |
| A putting grip that puts the left hand below the right (for a right-handed player). | |
| Cup | |
| The hole in the putting green that you strive to put your ball into. | |
| Cupped lead wrist | |
| When you hit with a cupped lead wrist, you are bending your lead hand backward. The lead hand is the one closest to the hole when you set up to swing. That's the left hand for a right-handed golfer. | |
| Cut | |
| Player fails to score low enough over the first 36 holes of a 72 hole tournament to qualify for the final two rounds. | |
| Cut Shot | |
| shot that makes the ball spin clockwise resulting in a flight that bends to the right (for a right-handed golfer). | |
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