Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Casual Water - A temporary accumulation of water. The rules of golf provide that a ball may be moved without penalty from any non-permanent wet area, such as a rain puddle. Tears, however, no matter how copious, do not constitute casual water.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Cellophane bridge - An invisible cover over the top of the hole

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Centre City - A tee shot that lands directly in the centreof the fairway has gone to Centre City.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Centre cut - A putt that goes directly into the centreof the cup.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Central America putt - When a putt needs just one more revolution to fall into the hole. Get it? One more revolution?

[Stan Nehilla]

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Chew - Exclamation used by golfers who want their ball to stop—now! (See also bite, grow teeth, growl, juice.')

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Chilli dip - An improperly executed chip shot in which the club hits the ground before hitting the ball, usually resulting in a shot that rolls just a few inches. This is one shot you have in common with Jack Nicklaus because everyone who has ever played golf has done it. You've just done it a little more frequently than Jack.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Chip Shot - A short, low approach shot that gets a player into position for one or more missed putts. See PITCH.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Cleek - 1. Old-fashioned chipping iron. 2. Lateral water hazard on the legendary 8th hole ("The Poisoned Lotus") of the Royal Hong Kong golf course in Fanling.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Club Weight - There are three ways to measure the weight of a club: its overall weight, which ranges from about 13 ounces for a driver to just over 16 for a sand wedge; its swingweight, which is arrived at using a complex calculation of the relationship between the distribution of mass among a club's components and the length of its shaft; and its "bringweight," which is an estimate of its apparent heaviness on the 18th fairway on an afternoon in July and ranges between 21 and 46 pounds.