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Cross-Country Golf: Playing from the tee of one hole to the green of another hole, rather than playing the holes as they are laid out

Ready Golf: A very effective informal method of play in which the right to play based on 'honor' or 'away' is forsaken and whoever is 'ready to play' plays next, in the interest of speeding up play

Rules Of Golf: Regulations and procedures of the game as set forth by a collaborative effort of the royal and ancient golf club of st. Andrews in scotland and the united states golf association (for specif . . . View Full Definition

Public Golf Course: A golf course that is accessible for play to the general public

Target Golf: A phrase to describe a style of golf course that has discrete, well-defined landing areas rather than one long stretch of continuous playable ground between the tee and green

Private Golf Course: (also 'private golf club') a golf course that requires membership, not accessible to the general public

Bogey Golfer: A player whose handicap is about 20 for men (between 17.5 and 22.4) and about 24 for women (between 21.5 and 26.4), according to usga standards at the time of this writing

Golf: A game played with a small ball and a set of clubs, the object being to hit the ball into each of a series of holes with the smallest possible number of strokes -- of uncertain origin but ma . . . View Full Definition

Army Golf: The unfortunate tendency to play wildly from one side of a hole to the other (rather than relatively straight or more directly the green) enroute to the cup, taken from military marching cal . . . View Full Definition