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Aboard: (Also 'dancing, on the dance floor') safely on the green with an approach shot

Ace: (also called a 'hole-in-one') a score of 1 on a hole -- holing the first shot, or tee shot, on a hole

Across The Line: (also 'crossed over, crossing the line') when the club head is more above the plane than the grip end (mainly used in reference to the top of the backswing), for a right-handed golfer the cl . . . View Full Definition

Address: (also called 'set up' or 'address position') the position that the player assumes when preparing to make a stroke

Aerate: ('aeration, aerify, aerification, punch') a machine is used to punch small diameter holes in ground that has been compacted over time to loosen soil and allow oxygen and nutrients to get to . . . View Full Definition

Afraid Of The Dark: A putt that narrowly misses the hole, particularly when narrow misses occur consecutively and/or repeatedly

Airmail: A shot that carries completely over and beyond something in the air

Albatross: (also called a 'double eagle') a score of 3 under (less than) par for a hole

Alignment: The direction that the body and club are 'lined up' in the address position

All Square: Term used in match play scoring to indicate that the match is even at present (abbreviated as 'as' on scoreboard)

Alternate Shot: Tournament format where teammates take turns playing each subsequent stroke (many variations with different names and procedures -- more on tournament formats)

Ambrose: see scramble (more on tournament formats)

Angle Of Approach: The angle formed by the arc of the clubhead in relation to the slope of the ground

Approach Putt: (also called a 'lag' putt) a long putt that is not expected to go in, but hopefully will finish close to hole (sometimes they do go in, though)

Approach Shot: A shot intended to reach the green

Apron: (also called 'collar, fringe, frog hair') the short grass that separates the putting green from rough or fairway

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

Attend The Flag: (also 'tend' the flag, flagstick or pin) holding and then removing the flagstick after a player has made a stroke

Automatic Two-Putt: When a golf course declares that players may consider the ball to be holed in no more than two putts once their ball is on the putting surface (most commonly because of aeration or temporary . . . View Full Definition

Away: Farthest from the hole

Back Nine: (also 'back side') the last 9 holes (10-18) of an 18 hole golf course

Backdoor: The rearmost edge of the hole from the perspective of the player

Backspin: (also sometimes called 'juice') reverse rotation on the ball

Backswing: The backward movement of the body and club (away from the ball and target) in the golf swing in preparation for the downswing

Baffing Spoon: (also 'baffie, baffy') archaic term for an approach wood or lofted wood

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