Wit & Wisdom of Golf

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Sandbagger - A golfer who falsely posts high scores in order to inflate his handicap, thereby making him more difficult to defeat in matches. This is serious cheating. Also known as a ringer.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Sandy - When you escape from a bunker to make birdie or par, you've made a sandy. One of many junk bets golfers make during a match. ,

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Scats - A betting game in which all the members of a group play against each other for a predetermined amount on each hole. Ties carry over to the next hole.

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Sclaff - Onomatopoetic Scottish word for a flubbed shot in which the ground is contacted before the ball is hit. The game's Celtic inventors had plenty of time to develop a rich vocabulary for golfing mishaps, such as a ball topped lightly into the water (firkel), a ball hit a short distance through dense grass (glef), straight into the air (pooth), into the woods (slessgrack), into rocks (lofonnock) and into other players (yebastard).

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary


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Score - The total number of strokes needed to complete 18 holes or three times the caddy's tip, whichever is closest to 75.

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Scorecard - A piece of paper on which a player's opening offer is written prior to the commencement of serious negotiations.

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Scrambler - A golfer who plays somewhat erratically but manages to salvage good scores from inconsistent play. A scramble refers to a golf competition in which each of four players on a team hits a tee shot and picks a best ball, then plays a second shot from that spot. The team continues to pick a best ball and play from that spot until a shot is holed.

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Scrape it around - To play spotty or inconsistent golf but still manage to post a good score. Great pros like Jack Nicklaus stay in tournament contention by scraping it around on days when they don't have their A game.

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Scratch - Term to describe a golfer who has a zero handicap; that is, he is starting from scratch. Dream on.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Scratch Player - A player with a handicap of zero; a par golfer; a rat; a louse; a stinker.

[Stan Nehilla]

Golf Dictionary

Scuff - A lousy shot that results from hitting the ground before hitting the ball. (See also fat, hit it.}