Golf Glossary - The Terms of Golf
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| R&A | |
| Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews which is the governing body of golf in all countries except the US and Mexico | |
| Range | |
| A practice area, often located on or near the course. | |
| Release | |
| The moment during the downswing when your wrists uncock. | |
| Relief | |
| The right to move a ball away from trouble without incurring a penalty stroke. | |
| Reverse overlap grip | |
| A standard putting grip that places the index finger of the left hand over the pinky of the right (for a right-handed golfer). | |
| Rough | |
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Uncut grass allowed to grow long and borders the fairway. | |
| Round | |
| A complete course of nine or 18 holes of golf. | |
| Rubber core ball | |
| Invented by Coburn Haskell composed of a solid rubber core with yards of elastic thread wound around it. It was then covered with gutta-percha and replaced the guttie. | |
| Run | |
| How far a ball bounces and rolls after touching down. | |
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