GOLF GLOSSARY : C

CADDIE (CADDY)
Someone who carries a player's club during play and offers him assistance in accordance with the rules.

CADDIE MASTER
The golf course employee in charge of managing the caddies.

CADDIE-CAR
A golf car or car.

CALAMITY JANE
The name that Bobby Jones gave to his putter. Also putters modeled after his hickory-shafted blade putter

CAN
In slang, to hole a putt.

CAP
The top end of a club grip and shaft

CARD
A card used to record scores in stroke play. Also, to make a record of your score.

CARPET
A slang term referring to the putting green or fairway.

CARRY
The length of travel by the ball after it is hit to the place where it first hits the ground

CART
A two-wheeled trolley on which a golf is fitted and pulled around the course. In some cases trolleys are battery powered. Can also refer to a golf car.

CASUAL WATER
Any temporary accumulations of water that are visible before or after a player takes his stance and is not a hazard or in a water hazard. A player may lift his ball from casual water without penalty

CENTER SHAFTED
Putter in which the shaft is joined to the center of the head.

CHARGE
To surge from behind and display superior play. Also to play or putt aggressively.

CHART THE COURSE
Pace each hole so that you know how far you are from the green.

CHILI-DIP
To hit the ground before the ball, producing a weak lofted shot.

CHIP SHOT
A short approach shot of low trajectory usually hit from near the green. It is normally hit with overspin or bite.

CHIP-AND-RUN
A chip shot including the run of the ball after landing. Also known as 'bump and run'

CHIP IN
A holed chip shot.

CHOKE
To grip down farther on the club handle.

CHOP
To hit the ball with a hacking motion

CLAGGY
As in "I've got a bit of a claggy lie". A lie that is a bit wet and muddy - of British origin - almost a claim for casual water but not quite!

CLAIM
The term used in match play to denote a protest by a player regarding a possible breach of the rules.

CLEEK
Any one of many narrow-bladed iron clubs used for long shots through the green from the rough or sand. Another name for the # 1 iron. Also, a shallower faced lofted wooden club. Another name for the #4 wood.

CLOSED STANCE
The left foot extends over the balls line of flight while the right foot is back

CLEAT
The spike on the sole of a golf shoe.

CLOSED FACE
When the clubface is pointed to the left of the target when you address the ball.

CLOSED STANCE
A stance taken with the right foot pulled back, away from the ball.

CLUB
The implement used in golf to strike the ball. Consists of a shaft, grip and a clubhead of wood or metal.

CLUB HEAD
The hitting area of the club.

CLUBHOUSE
The main building on the course.

CLUBHOUSE LAWYER
A self-appointed caller or arbiter of the rules

COCK
To bend the wrists backwards in the backswing.

COLLAR
The grassy fringe surrounding the putting green.

COLORBALL
A team game with teams of 3 or 4 players in which one player uses a colored ball. Team score comprises the score with the colored ball plus the best of the other 2 or 3 players. Players alternate holes playing with the colored ball.

COME BACK SHOT
The shot you make after you have overshot the hole.

COMMITTEE
The collective name for those in charge of a competition or a course.

COMPRESSION
The flattening of the ball against the clubface at impact. Also the degree of resilience of a ball.

CONDOR
A four-under par shot. A hole-in-one on a par 5 for example. Has occurred on a hole with a heavy dogleg, hard ground and no trees. Might also be called "a triple eagle".

CONFUSION
a game in which a point is awarded to the first player of the group to get to the green, one for the players closest to the pin and one for the first player to hole out. The winner is the player with the highest number of points.

CONTROL SHOT
A shot that is played with less than full power

CORE
The center of the golf ball.

COURSE
The playing area which is usually made up of 9 or 18 holes with each hole having a tee off area, fairway and green

COURSE RATING
The comparison of playing one course as opposed to another in terms of difficulty. It is expressed in strokes or decimal fractions of strokes. The yardage of the course and the ability of a scratch golfer are the basis for determination

CRACK
To allow one's good play to suffer when under pressure.

CROSS-BUNKER
A lengthy bunker that is situated across the fairway.

CROSS-HANDED GRIP
A grip where your left hand is below the right.

CUP
The container in the hole holds the flagstick in pace.

CUPPY
A deep and enclosed lie.

CUT
The score that reduces the field to a pre-determined number and eliminates players in a tournament. Usually made after 36 of a 72 hole tournament.

CUT SHOT
A controlled shot that results in the ball stopping almost immediately on the green without roll.




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