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Hitting The Big Ball Before The Little Ball: Another phrase for hitting the ball fat (the big ball being the earth)

Hold: (also 'check, grab') when the ball stays near where it lands, not rolling much (if any) forward 2. To stay on the green after landing

Hole: 1. 4¼ inch diameter hole in the ground into which the ball is to be played 2. The entire length of the playing area and immediate vicinity from the teeing ground to the putting green (all i . . . View Full Definition

Hole High: (also 'pin high') when the ball has travelled the correct distance and is even with the hole, but off to one side or the other (whether or not it's on the green)

Hole In One: (also 'ace') a score of 1 on a hole, holing the tee shot

Holed: (also 'hole(d) out') when the ball goes in the hole (as of 2008 the entire ball must be at rest below the level of the lip)

Home: 1. To reach the green with a shot 2. The clubhouse or vicinity of the starting point and ending point of a round of golf

Honor: The privilege of playing first from the tee (note: 'privilege' was actually the word used until the late 1800's)

Hood: To lean the clubface forward (toward the target) reducing its loft

Hook: A shot that travels from right to left (right-handed player) - more severe than a draw

Horizontal Bulge: (also simply 'bulge') the curve of the face of a wood (across, from heel to toe) which helps shots hit toward the heel or toe curve back in the direction of the center

Hosel: (also 'neck') the part of the club head into which the shaft is inserted (derived from the word hose)

Hybrid Club: (also 'hybrid iron, hybrid wood') a club that combines playing characteristics of both woods and irons: one valid method for differentiating between hybrid irons and hybrid woods is whether . . . View Full Definition

Improved Lie: 1. (also 'improved lies, improving your lie, preferred lies, winter rules, bumping it') altering the ball's position, or the way it rests (lies) on the ground, so as to make the it easier to . . . View Full Definition

In: (also 'back, back nine, back side, last nine, second nine') the last nine holes (10-18) of an eighteen hole golf course

In Play: Officially, the ball is in play once the tee shot comes to rest anywhere on the course (not out of bounds) -- informally, more commonly used to also include the fact that the next shot is 'p . . . View Full Definition

Index: see handicap

Insert: A separate piece of material that is joined with the body of a club's head (usually on/in the club's face) for the purpose of providing more durability, more feel, or some other effect

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