Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pick it Up - A term used to concede a putt. After your opponent has boxed the ball around four or five times, you can graciously suggest that he pick it up.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pigeon - An easy mark—the golfer everybody wants to play against. If you hear anyone refer to you as a pigeon, take up chess.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pill - The ball. The object of your frustration Maybe instead of trying to hit the pill, you should take a pill.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pin - Familiar term for the flagstick. A ball that lands on the green even with the hole but off to one side is "pin high." A ball that lands right next to the hole, leaving a very short putt, is "stiff to the pin." Such putts are almost always conceded, but some players insist on putting them anyway. These players are called "pinheads."

[Stan Nehilla]

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Pin high - Whenever the ball lies at the same elevation as the hole.

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Golf Dictionary

Pin Placement - The location of the hole in each green is changed regularly to distribute wear evenly over the grass surface and to create an additional challenge to golfers familiar with the course. And, as golfers whose balls mysteriously land in a pond or bunker they've successfully avoided for months can attest, the position of key sand traps and water hazards is also periodically shifted and the astronomical cost of operating heavy earthmoving equipment at night and in secret explains the high greens fees charged at most golf courses.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pinch - A short, crisp shot played with firm wrists, no divot, and little follow-through.

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Pin-seeker - A shot that heads right for the flagstick from the moment it leaves the club face.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pipeline - The centre of the fairway, so named because an irrigation pipe often runs down it.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pitch - An approach shot made with a short iron. There are four basic kinds of pitch shot: one in which the ball is given top spin to let it run along the green toward the cup (pitch-and run); one in which it is given backspin to make it "sit down" and stop next to the cup (pitch-and-stop); one in which it is shanked into a water hazard or dense under growth (pitch-and-search or pitch-and-destroy); and one in which it is driven directly into the ground with a half-top (pitch-and-moan).