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Chip: (also 'chip and run, chip and roll, bump and run') a shot that is designed to roll (run) farther than it flies (usually, but not always, from near the green)

Chip Out: (also 'punch out') hitting a relatively small chip shot (many times sideways or even backward) to extricate oneself from trouble (e.g., trees) when a longer shot is needed but obstructed

Chip-Off: (like 'play-off') -- a method of breaking a tie by seeing who gets a selected chip shot closer to the hole

Choke: A derogatory term for poor performance under pressure or in a crucial situation (usually associated with nervousness)

Choke Down: (also 'choke up') gripping farther down the grip or handle of the club

Chopper: (also 'duffer, hacker, hack, chop') a (usually) erratic and unskilled golfer whose technique is characterized by arm and hand oriented hitting at the ball rather than smooth swinging through the ball

Chunk: (also 'chunky, fat, thick, heavy, laying the sod over it, hitting the big ball [the earth] before the little ball' and many more) hitting the ground before the ball, usually resulting in the . . . View Full Definition

Claw Grip: (also 'gator grip, psycho grip') an unusual method of gripping the putter, popularized by pga tour player chris dimarco, where the fingers of the bottom hand curl over the top of the club's . . . View Full Definition

Cleek: 1. Archaic term for a driving iron or 1 iron 2. Fairway metal woods with shallow rake-like channels on the sole manufactured by the taylor made company in the 1980's

Closed: ('closed or 'shut' clubface, closed stance') can apply to the alignment of the body/stance or clubface - for a right-handed player the stance would be closed if the body were aligned to the . . . View Full Definition

Club Face: The striking surface, or the lofted part of the clubhead that (ideally) makes contact with the ball

Club Head: The most massive part of the club at the bottom end (opposite the grip or handle) of the shaft (ideally the part of the club that makes contact with the ball)

Club Head Speed: The speed that the clubhead is travelling through impact (usually measured in miles per hour)

Club Professional: A golf professional associated with the operation of a golf facility, specifically as opposed to a touring professional golfer

Clubhouse: (very broadly) the main building or structure of a golf facility which can, but does not necessarily, include the pro shop, food service, locker rooms, lounge, offices, and more

Coefficient Of Restitution: (also 'cor, c.o.r.') a measurement, expressed as a percentage, of how efficiently a ball bounces off the club face -- phrase became popular with the advent of 'trampoline effect' or 'spring- . . . View Full Definition

Coil: The turning of the body away from the target in the backswing (generally thought of as the turning of the shoulders against the lower body, like the coil of a spring)

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

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