Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pitch and putt - A derisive term given to golf courses that are short and easily conquered, so named because just a pitch and a putt will get you into the hole.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Plate - A yardage marker that many courses have embedded into their fairways. A red plate means you are 100 yards from the centre of the green, white is 150 yards, and blue is 200. If you're more than 200 yards from the green, don't bother looking for a plate. What you need is a miracle.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Plateaued - Term that refers to greens that are flat and sit up significantly higher than the level of the fairway.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Play 'em down - To play the ball as it lies. The only way to fly.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Play It as It Lies - One of the two fundamental dictates of golf. The other one is "Wear It if It Clashes."

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Playing Through - A display of courtesy on the course in which a group of golfers who have stopped to search for lost balls conclude that they are causing delay and, anxious to spare the group behind them several minutes of inactivity on the tee, stand aside and invite that group to hit their drives so they will be to profitably use the period before they can resume play in a time-consuming hunt for their own lost balls.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Plugged - When your ball becomes imbedded in the ground, it is plugged.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Point - A betting unit on a hole.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pond ball - A golf ball specifically intended for shots over water. Usually pond balls are old, beat-up balls that don't constitute much of a loss if they find the water, which is exactly where they normally end up.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Pop - A short, crisp, abbreviated stroke on a putt.