Golfing Terms

These terms may often be heard from an experienced golfer:

• Apron or fringe : The band of grass at the approach to the green that is longer than the green itself.

• Barnes Wallace : This is when a ball bounces across a water hazard.

• Bite/munch/take a seat : This is a phrase often heard from golfers after a shot towards the green has been taken, in which they would like the ball to stop or slow down. These are phrases used especially among professionals. 'Bite' is the phrase that will often be heard from Tiger Woods.

• Dance Floor : An alternative name for the putting green.

• Sandbagger : Someone who plays lower than their handicap suggests.

• Sandie : Similar to an "Up & Down", refers to chipping onto the green from the bunker and 1-putting.

• Stymie : This was a common phrase said before the allowance of ball markers. It occurred when a golfer's ball was blocking the other's line of putt. This is now avoided since the allowance of ball markers.

• Taxi : This is a term which may be shouted when a golf ball races past the hole, in the intention of holing it.