Golf Players Terms Part 2

These golf players terms, lingo and jargon are part of sports gamerisms, Define Your Game!
Golf Players Terms, part 2 continues for golf players and fans who dream of birdies at every swing of the club. 

Golf Players Terms: C

• Caddie: someone who carries clubs for a player and in some cases advises on which club to use.
• Cap: upper part of the club grip/shaft.
• Card: refers to the ever present and important golf player's scorecard.
• Carpet: expansive area of green grass on the golf course.
• Carry: distance of a soaring golf ball before landing on the ground.
• Cart:  can refer to a golf cart, which is a small vehicle driven around a course or can also refer to a manual cart that players place their clubs in to pull or push around the course as they walk it.
  
• Casual Water: water that is not always present on a course, typically formed by rain run offs.
• Charge: refers to a come-from-behind tournament winner.
• Check:  the amount of backspin on a ball, causing the ball to stop where hit.
• Chili-dip or Fat shot: jargon for a missed golf shot where the club head hits the ground before it strikes the golf ball. The result is a feeble, lofted shot.
• Chip:  golf players' term for a short-range shot normally hit close to the green.
• Chip-and-run: a chip shot that travels a long distance after landing on its way to the hole.
• Chip in: term for chip shot hit into hole.
• Choke: occurs when the club is gripped further down the handle.
• Chop: term for hitting the ball sharply to get up some spin.
• Cleat: refers to a golf shoe spike.
• Closed Face:  refers to the clubface turned left for right-handed golfers, or right for left-handed golfers.
• Closed Stance:  refers to a golfer's stance=turned left for right-handed golfers, or right for left-handed golfers.
• Club: equipment consisting of a head, shaft and grip used to hit that dimpled ball.
• Clubface:  the flat part of the head of the golf club that hits the ball.
• Collar: describes the sand trap edge or area near the putting surface.
• Condor: triple eagle, four strokes under par. It's a miracle—congrats!
• Control Shot: more exact, less power is the key to this golf shot.
• Course:  refers to an established 18 holes and the area where they are located.
• Course Rating: comparison of golf course difficulty and the basis for calculating handicaps.
• Cross Bunker: term for a long, narrow bunker that crosses the fairway.
• Cross-handed:  a grip in which the left hand if placed below the right or vice versa for left handed golfers.
• Cup: golf players terms for plastic piece in the hole where the ball ends up.
• Cut: refers to the designated score that permits a player to continue a tournament. Example: if a player's score is lower than the designated score, he/she moves on whereas if higher, he/she misses the cut.
• Cut In: term for an accurate approach golf shot.
• Cut Shot:  shot that travels left to right for right-handed players.
  

Golf Players Terms: D

• Dead: refers to a hit that comes to an abrupt stop upon landing.
• Dead Ball: jargon for a ball that is certain to be in the hole on the next turn.
• Deuce: it's in the hole in 2 strokes.
• Dimples:  the indentions on a golf ball that provide stability during flight.
• Divot: a chunk of the grass/turf taken out by the club after a shot.
• Dogleg:  a hole that turns left or right from the tee in which the green is not visible from the tee box.
• Dormie: occurs during match play when a player is ahead by the number of holes left to play.
• Double Bogey:  two strokes above set par.
• Double Eagle: golf players terms for three strokes under par.
• Down: term for the number of holes that a player remains behind his/her challenger.
• Downswing:  motion from the height of the backswing to the contact with the ball.
• Draw: refers to the process of matching challengers for a tournament.
• Draw Shot: refers to the flight path of the ball where it curves skillfully right-to-left for a right-handed player, or left-to-right for a left-handed player.
• Drive:  first shot on each hole, made from the tee box, typically hit as far as possible.
• Driver: if you are looking for distance, this is the club, #1 wood to use.
• Driving Range: place that golf players go to practice.
• Drop: term for placing the ball back into play after a previous shot ball has been lost or determined to be unplayable.
• Dub: golf players terms for a weak or missed golf shot.
• Duck Hook:  a sharp hook, normally at a low trajectory.
• Duffer: a weak golfer, also known as a hacker.
• Dunk: lingo for a ball 'taking a bath' or landing into a water hazard.
  

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