Golf Glossary - The Terms of Golf
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| Gimme | |
| A very short putt that your playing partners do not require you to hit because it's so obvious that it will go in. | |
| Glove | |
| Usually worn on the lead hand (the left hand for a right-handed golfer) to enhance your grip and prevent blisters. | |
| Grain | |
| The direction in which grass is growing. | |
| Graphite (carbon fiber) | |
| Carbon based substance that when bonded in layers it produces a light, very strong material which is ideal for golf club shafts. Also used in the making of club heads. | |
| Great Triumvirate | |
| The name given collectively to the three outstanding English Professionals who dominated golf before WWI. They were James Braid, J.H. Taylor and Harry Vardon. | |
| Green | |
| The closely mown round or oblong area of grass that surrounds the hole (cup); the putting surface, separated from the fairway by an apron. | |
| Green in regulation | |
| Putting your ball onto the green of a par-3 hole in one shot, onto a par-4 green in two, or onto a par-S green in three. | |
| Greens fee | |
| The amount of money you must pay to playa round of golf. | |
| Grip | |
| The manner in which you hold the club. Also, the rubber covering on the club shaft where you hold it. | |
| Groove | |
| 1. The etched-in lines on the face of a club, there to impart backspin on the ball. 2. the description of a well repeated swing. | |
| Ground | |
| To place the head of the club on the ground to help you line up the shot. | |
| Ground under repair | |
| An area of a course under repair, from which you may get relief. See Relief. | |
| Gutta-Percha | |
| After 1948, a rubber material used to make golf balls. | |
| Guttie | |
| A golf ball introduced in 1848 made from gutta-percha which made the feathery obsolete. | |
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