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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

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