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

Frog Hair: (also called 'apron, collar, fringe') the short grass that separates the putting green from rough or fairway

From The Tips: (also 'playing from the tips') playing each hole from its longest possible yardage (from the farthest back place you can stand on the farthest back teeing ground) so that you play the entire . . . View Full Definition

Front Nine: (also 'front, front side') the first 9 holes (1-9) of an 18 hole golf course

Full Finger Grip: (also 'baseball, ten finger' grip) a method of holding the club using all ten fingers on the grip with no overlapping or interlocking fingers

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Gap Wedge: (can go by many other names, manufacturer-dependent) a lofted wedge that is usually designed to fill in the distance between the pitching wedge and sandwedge

Garden Spot: The ideal location for placing a tee shot, usually thought of in terms of an ideal angle and lie from which to approach the green

Gator Grip: (also 'claw grip, psycho grip') an unusual method of gripping the putter, popularized by pga tour player chris dimarco, where the fingers of the bottom hand are on top of the grip rather tha . . . View Full Definition

Gear Effect: The tendency of a ball hit on the toe or heel of the club (usually thought of in terms of woods) to spin in the opposite direction from the twisting of the club face (visually reminiscent of . . . View Full Definition

Ghin: (golf handicap & information network) handicap service begun in 1981 maintained by the usga

Gimme: (informal: derived from the words 'give me,' as in 'concede the next stroke to me as holed') a putt that is short enough in length to be certain to be holed with the next stroke

Go To School: (also could be heard sloppily as 'get a teach') to learn from another players shot (most commonly associated with putting - seeing how a putt on a similar line to your own will break)

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

Gorse: Spiny european shrub with yellow flowers, found off the fairway on some (usually european) courses and sometimes loosely included in the term 'rough'

Grain: The direction the grass is growing (usually only of consequence with coarser grasses, e.g., bermuda)

Grand Slam: The four major championships in golf are considered the 'grand slam' events (masters, u.s. open, british open, pga) 2.to win all four major championships in one calendar year is called the . . . View Full Definition

Grass Bunker: A depression in the gound, generally shaped like a sand-filled bunker but with grass (usually rough) instead

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