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Drop: When the ball is released by hand (with an extended arm at shoulder height) and put back in play after being lifted under various situations within the rules of golf

Drop Area: An area of ground (usually marked with a white circle and labeled 'drop area' or 'da', etc.) Where players can drop their ball, usually in situations where there is not another practical are . . . View Full Definition

Dub: (also 'duff, top') a badly misplayed shot, usually associated with the ball never leaving the ground as a result of hitting the top or side of the ball or hitting the ground well behind the ball

Duck Hook: (also 'snap hook, snapper, quacker') a shot that curves abruptly and severely right to left (right-handed player)

Duffer: (also 'hacker') an unskilled golfer

Eagle: A score of 2 under (less than) par for a hole

Embedded Ball: (also 'plugged') a ball stuck in the ground as a result of its impact

Etiquette: Rules of behavior, propriety, decorum, manners, etc.

Even Par: (also 'even, level, level par') anytime one's score is level with, or equivalent to, par during, or at the conclusion of, a round of golf

Executive Course: A golf course with very short holes, mostly par 3's and short par 4's

Explosion Shot: (also 'explosion, blast, blast shot') a shot that removes a large amount of sand or earth in addition (hopefully) to the ball, as from a buried lie in a bunker

Face: 1. (also 'clubface') the striking surface of the club head 2. The sloped surface of a bunker that is (usually) toward the player

Face Balanced: A method of weighting a putter so that when the shaft is balanced on the finger the face points generally upward

Face Progression: The distance from the center of the shaft or hosel to the blade, or leading edge, of the club face

Fade: A gently curving shot from left to right (right-handed player)

Fairway: The closely mown area between the tee and green

Fairway Bunker: A sand or deep grass hazard situated in, or adjacent to, the fairway

Fairway Wood: (also 'fairway metal') a wood other than the driver or 1 wood (more commonly made of metal rather than wood nowdays)

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