Thuật ngữ Golf - English (H-R)

Halved When a match is played without a decision. A hole is "halved" when both sides play it in the same number of strokes
Handicap the number of strokes a player may deduct from his actual score to adjust his scoring ability to the level of a scratch golfer. It is designed to allow golfers of different abilities to basically compete on the same level.
Hazard A hazard is any sand trap, bunker or water on the course that may cause difficulty.
Head The part of the club that makes contact with the ball. Usually made of wood, iron or some substitute material.
Heel The part of the club head nearest the shaft.
Hickory Wood from a native North American tree used at the beginning of the 19th century to make club shafts. Use continued until the 1920's.
Hit To play a shot or stroke.
Hole A 4 1/2" round receptacle in the green - at least 4" deep. Also refers to one of the nine or eighteen areas between the tee and the green.
Hole in one A hole made with one stroke. Same as "ace"
Hole out To complete the play for one hole by hitting the ball into the cup
Honor The privilege of hitting first from the tee. Usually assigned at the first tee. After the first tee, the privilege goes to the winner of the last hole.
Hook To hit the ball in a manner that causes it to curve from right to left in the case of a right-handed player or left to right for a left hander.
Hostel The hollow part of an iron club head into which the shaft is fitted
Impact The moment when the ball strikes the club.
In The second nine holes as opposed to out - the first nine holes
In play within the course (not out of bounds).
Inside Being nearer the hole than the ball of your opponent.
Interlocking grip A type of grip where the little finger of the left hand is intertwined with the index finger of the right hand for a right handed player. The converse applies to a left hander.
Intended line The line you expect the ball to travel after hit.
Iron Any one of a number of clubs with a head made of iron or steel. See definitions for individual clubs "two iron" etc. jungle A slang term for heavy rough.
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Lag To putt the ball with the intention leaving it short to ensure being able to hole out on the next stroke
Lateral hazard Any hazard running parallel to the line of play
Lie The position in which the ball rests on the ground. The lie can be good or bad in terms of the nature of ground where is rests, the slope, and the level of difficulty in playing it. The number of strokes a player is to have played during the hole.
Line The correct path of a putt to the hole when putting. Also when on the fairway, the correct direction in which the ball to be played toward the putting green.
Lip The top rim of the hole or cup
Lob shot A shot that goes straight up and comes almost straight down with very little spin or forward momentum. Useful when there is not much green to play to
Local rules a set of rules for a club determined by the members.
Loft The elevation of the ball in the air. Also means the angle at which the club face is set from the vertical and is used to lift the ball into the air. It is measured precisely as the angle between the face and a line parallel to the shaft.
Long game Shots hit with the woods and long irons.
Long irons The relatively straight-face and longer hitting irons.
Loose impediments Any natural object that is not fixed or growing. This can include loose stones, twigs, branches, molehills, dung, worms and insects
Mallet A putter that has a head that is much wider and heavier than that of a blade putter.
Marker A small object, like a coin, that is used to mark the spot of the ball when it is lifted off the putting green.
Markers The objects placed at the teeing round that indicate the area in which players must tee their balls.
Marshal A person appointed by a tournament committee to keep order and handle spectators.
Match play A competition played with each hole being a separate contest. The team or player winning the most holes, rather than having the lowest score, is the winner. The winner of the first hole is "one up". Even if the player wins that hole by two or three strokes, he is still only "one up". The lead is increased every time the player wins another hole. The winner is the one who wins the most holes. This was the original form of golf competition.
Meadowland A lush grassland course.
Municipal course A public course owned by local government.
Nine A nine hole course or the sequence of 9 holes of an 18 hole course.
Obstruction Any artificial object that has been left or placed on the course with the exception of course boundary markers and constructed roads and paths.
Off-centre A poor hit.
Offset A club with the head set behind the shaft.
Open stance The left foot is dropped behind the imaginary line of the direction of the ball. This allows the golfer to face more in the direction the ball is going to travel.
Out of bounds The area outside of the course in which play is prohibited. A player is penalized stroke and distance. That is he must replay the shot with a penalty of one stroke.
Overlapping grip As used by a right-handed player having the little finger of the right hand overlapping the space between the forefinger and second finger of the left hand. The opposite for a left-handed player.
Par The number of strokes a player should take to complete a round with good performance. Par for each hole is given on the scorecard.
Penalty stroke An additional stroke added to a player's score for a rules violation
Pin Same as "flagstick"
Pin-high A ball even with the pin but off to one side. Same as "hole high"
Pin placement (pin position) the position of a hole on a putting green on any given day.
Pitch A short shot lofting the ball into the air in a high arc and landing with backspin
Pitch and putt A short golf course designed primarily for approaching and putting.
Pitch and run The same as a pitch shot but hit with a lower-numbered club to reduce loft and backspin. This allows the ball to run after it lands on the putting green.
Pitching wedge An iron club designed for making pitch shots
Pivot the rotation of the shoulders, trunk and pelvis during the golf swing.
Placement Accuracy in the targeting of a shot.
Play To strike the ball with a club. The action of playing the game of golf.
Play off To determine a winner in a tie match by playing further holes or a further round.
Playing through Passing another group of players who are playing ahead
Pop up A short, high shot.
Practice green Green set up for putting practice.
Preferred lie Local rules which allow a player to improve his lie in a specific manner without penalty
Pro-Am A competition which pairs professional players with amateurs.
Pro shop The golf course shop operated by the head professional where equipment is sold.
Provisional ball A ball played if the previously played ball may be lost or out of bounds.
Public links A course open to the public.
Pull A ball that goes to the left of the target with little curve as hit by a right-handed player. The converse applies to left-handed players.
Punch Low, controlled shot into the wind. It is made by slamming the club down into the ball with a short swing
Push A ball that goes to the right of the target with very little or no curving for a right handed player. Or the converse for a left-handed player. As opposed to "pull"
Putt The shot made on the putting green. From a Scottish term meaning to push gently or nudge.
Putt out To hole the ball with a putt.
Putter A short-shafted club with a straight face for putting.
Putting green The surface area around the hole that is specially prepared for putting.
R & A Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.
Reading the green Determining the path which the ball will take on its way to the hole by analyzing the contour and texture of the green.
Regular shaft A shaft with normal flex.
Reverse overlap For a right-handed player, a putting grip in which the index finger of the right hand overlaps the little finger of the left and the converse for a left-handed player..
Reverse overlap.
Rough Long grass areas adjacent to fairway, greens, tee off areas or hazards
Round A complete game of golf - 18 holes is one round
Rub of the green Any accident, not caused by a player or caddie, that moves or stops a ball in play and for which no relief is given under the rules. This is when your ball is deflected by agencies beyond your control that are not part of the match or the competitor's side in stroke play. A bit of bad luck.
Run The distance the ball rolls on the ground or when it lands on the ground
Run-up An approach shot that is close to the ground or on the ground.