Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Dogleg - A hole with a 90° angle between the tee and the green. One with a pockmarked tee area, unkempt fairways or a patchy green is a "dogear." One on which large amounts of casual water regularly accumulate is a "dog paddle." One with an elevated tee and green and a sunken, treacherous approach is a "dog dish." And a course on which holes like these predominate is, simply, a "dog."

[Stan Nehilla]

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Dog track - Derogatory term for a golf course that is not well maintained.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Dormie - Formal term for a team in match play that leads by as many holes as remain to be played. "Hustlers" will often deliberately shoot poorly during the early part of a round to get gullible opponents into this apparently favourable position, then propose a greatly increased, all-or-nothing bet on the remaining holes, with a sudden-death playoff if necessary. How can you spot these tricksters? It's not easy, but, generally speaking, don't play golf for money with players who use two-piece clubs that unscrew in the centre of the shaft, who put baby powder on their hands before grasping the driver or use billiard chalk on their clubfaces, or who have a habit of saying things like "Dunlop 4 in the centre pocket" before making a putt.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Double Bogey - Two strokes over par, or, for a golfer who happened to score a 7 on a long par-5, a birdie and an eagle that occurred on the same hole.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Double Chen - Hitting the ball twice on the same shot. The term derives from the 1985 U.S. Open when tournament leader T. C. Chen suffered a disastrous two-stroke penalty for hitting his ball twice while attempting a shot from greenside rough. Rattled by his mistake, Chen was caught and passed by eventual champion Andy North.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Double dip - In a four-ball match, a double dip occurs when you and your partner both birdie the same hole. The dipping is done by your opponents—into their pockets!

[Stan Nehilla]

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Double Eagle - Three strokes less than par for a given hole. This unusual achievement might be accomplished by, say, taking advantage of a tailwind on a straight par-5 hole to get down in two strokes, scoring a hole-in-one on a short par-4 or just skipping entirely a difficult par-3 hole. See HOLE-IN-ONE.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Double sandy - A score of par or better on a hole where two shots are played from bunkers, most often recorded on a par four or par five where one sand shot is played from a fairway bunker and one shot from a greenside bunker. Amateurs rarely record a double sandy, but if they do they can collect because it's usually included as junk bet.

[Stan Nehilla]

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Down and dirty - Playing the ball "as it lies." No rolling the ball over or sitting it up. The way the game is meant to be played; your score is meaningless unless you play it down and dirty.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Down the road - When you fail to qualify for the next round of play in a tournament. Also called on your way home.