Golf Terms
Across
- 1. This is called out loudly if there is any danger of hitting someone with your golf ball.
- 3. A score of one under par.
- 4. The club moves away from the ball, the target arm should stay straight and your back arm should be bent with the elbow pointing toward the ground. Your back faces the target with your hands at head height. The club should be parallel to the ground.
- 11. Target hand on top, club diagonal, thumb 1 o'clock. Back hand under target hand, little finger overlapping or little finger interlocks, thumb at 11 o'clock.
- 12. Stakes, walls or fence posts used to indicate outside boundaries of the course. A penalty stroke is given if the ball hits in this area.
- 16. When the club hits the ball.
- 19. A hole in one. A shot taken from the tee and goes into the hole on the green.
- 21. An area where the ball may be elevated by a wooden or plastic tee at the beginning of each hole.
- 23. The closely cut area on which the flagstick is sunk in a hole. Used for putting.
- 24. The longer grass that borders the fairway.
- 25. A score of one over par.
Down
- 1. The mowed terrain leading from the tee to the green.
- 2. The club that is used to hit the ball high in the air so it can land softly on the green.
- 5. The #1 wood. Usually gives you the greatest distance when hitting a golf ball.
- 6. The clubs that are usually used from the tee to hit the ball the greatest distance. They can also be used in the fairway and are called fairway woods.
- 7. A stick that is in the cup on the green and has a banner with a number to indicate what hole you are at.
- 8. A score of two over par.
- 9. To display proper manners of gold, and follow the rules of the golf course.
- 10. Feet shoulder width apart, knees slightly bent with your quads tight.
- 13. Finish the swing with your hands above the target shoulder, the club above your head, your chest toward the target and the back foot heel is off the ground.
- 14. Placing your body, the club and the ball in the correct position.
- 15. A score of two under par.
- 17. The designated number of strokes to play a hole.
- 18. The closely cut portion of the fairway that is around the green.
- 20. The club that is used on the green to put the ball in the hole.
- 22. The clubs that are used to approach the green after the tee shot.