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- 1up
- 3W
- 5H
- 7I
- 19th Hole
- 2&1
- Abnormal Course Condition
- ACC
- Ace
- Address
- Adjusted Gross Score
- AGC
- Air Shot
- Albatross
- All Square
- Ambrose
- Angle of Attack
- Approach
- Approach Wedge
- Apron
- AS
- Attack Wedge
- AW
- Back Nine
- Back of the Clubhead
- Backspin
- Back Weighting
- Baffie
- Balance Point
- Ball Mark
- Ball Marker
- Banana Ball
- BBGM
- Best 2 of 4
- Best Ball
- Bingo Bango Bongo
- Birdie
- Birdie Book
- Blade
- Blind Bore
- Bogey
- Bogey Golfer
- Bore-through
- Bore Type
- Bottom Spin
- Bounce
- Brassie
- Break
- Build-Up Tape
- Bulge
- Bunker
- Butt
- Butt Size
- Butt Trimming
- Butt Weight
- Caddie
- Camber
- Carry
- Cavity Back
- CBA
- Center of Gravity
- CG
- Chapman
- Chip
- Chipper
- Cleek
- Club
- Club Length
- Club Weight
- Collar
- Component
- Concede
- Condor
- COR
- Core
- Core Size
- Counter Balance
- Course
- Course Handicap
- Course Rating
- CR
- Crown
- CRS
- Cup
- Cut
- Cut Shaft
- Cut Shot
- Deep Face
- Divot
- DNF
- DNP
- DNS
- Dogleg
- Dormie
- Double Bogey
- Double Bogey +
- Dowel
- Draw
- Drive
- Driver
- Driving Iron
- Drop
- Dropping Zone
- DSQ
- Duff
- DW
- DZ
- E
- Eagle
- EDS
- Effective Bounce
- Effective Lie
- Effective Loft
- EGA
- Epoxy
- Even Par
- Expected Score
- Extreme Rough
- Face
- Face Angle
- Face Height
- Face Width
- Fade
- Fairway
- Fairway Marker
- Fat Shot
- Ferrule
- First Cut
- Flags
- Flagstick
- Flange
- Flat Lie
- Flatstick
- Flatter
- Flex
- Flop
- Florida Scramble
- Foot Wedge
- FORE
- Forgiveness
- Four-Ball
- Foursomes
- Free Drop
- Frequency Matching
- Fringe
- Front Nine
- FTF
- Gap Wedge
- Gear Effect
- General Area
- Gimmie
- GIR
- Good Good
- Gooseneck
- Grain
- Green
- Green in Regulation
- Greensomes
- Grind
- Grip
- Grip Cap
- Grip Diameter
- Grip Tape
- Grooves
- Gross Score
- Gruesomes
- GUR
- GW
- Halve
- Handicap Allowance
- Handicap Index
- Handicap Stroke
- Handicap System
- Happy Ball
- Hardpan
- Hazard
- HCP
- Head
- Heel
- HI
- Hickory
- HIO
- Hole
- Hole In One
- Hole Out
- Honors
- Hook
- Hosel
- Hosel Bore
- Hosel Length
- Hybrid
- Initial Handicap Index
- Iron
- Jigger
- Keel Sole
- Kick Point
- Launch Angle
- Lay Up
- Lead
- Leading Edge
- Level Par
- Lie
- Lip Out
- Lob Wedge
- Loft
- LW
- Mallet
- Marker
- Mashie
- Match Play
- Maximum Score
- MC
- MDF
- MOI
- MOIG
- MOI of a Club
- MOI of a Head
- Moment of Inertia
- Mouth
- Mulligan
- Muscle Back
- Nassau
- Natural Bending Position
- NBP
- NC
- Net Score
- Niblick
- Nine Points
- No Alibis
- No Card
- No Play Zone
- No Return
- No Show
- NPZ
- NR
- NS
- OB
- Obstruction
- Offset
- One-Person Scramble
- Onset
- Out of Bounds
- Oversize Iron
- PA
- Par
- Par/Bogey
- Par of a Golf Course
- Patsomes
- PCC
- Penalty Area
- Penalty Score
- Penalty Stroke
- Perimeter Weighted Head
- Permanent Tee Markers
- Pin
- Pin High
- Pitch
- Pitchfork
- Pitching Wedge
- Pitch Mark
- Playing Conditions Calculation
- Playing Handicap
- Portuguese Caddy
- Pull
- Punch
- Push
- Putt
- Putter
- PW
- PZG
- R&A
- Radius
- Raw Shaft
- Ready Golf
- Referee
- Relief
- Rescue
- RET
- Rocker Sole
- Roll
- Rough
- Round
- Rules of Handicapping
- Sandbagger
- Sand Save
- Sand Trap
- Sand Wedge
- Scoop Sole
- Scorecard
- Score Differential
- Scoring Record
- Scotch Foursomes
- Scramble
- Scratch Golfer
- Shaft
- Shaft Extension
- Shallow Face
- Shamble
- Shank
- Shot
- Shotgun
- SI
- Side
- Sidespin
- Single
- Skins
- Sky Shot
- Slice
- Slope
- Slope Rating
- Snowman
- Sole
- Sole Weighted
- Sole Width
- Spin
- Spine
- Spine Alignment
- Split Sixes
- Spoon
- SR
- Stableford
- Stakes
- STB
- String
- Stroke
- Stroke Index
- Stroke Play
- SW
- Sweet Spot
- Swingweight
- T
- Tap In
- Tee
- Tee Box
- Teeing Area
- Tee Markers
- Tee Off
- Tee Shot
- Tee Time
- Temporary Water
- Texas Scramble
- Texas Wedge
- Thin Shot
- Third Wedge
- Three-Ball
- Threesomes
- Tip
- Tip Diameter
- Tip Stiff
- Tip Trimming
- Tip Weight
- Toe
- Top Edge
- Top Shot
- Topspin
- Torque
- Trailing Edge
- Trajectory
- Trimming
- Tungsten
- Up and Down
- Upright Lie
- USGA
- Utility club
- Vent Hole
- Waste Bunker
- WD
- Wedge
- Whiff
- WHS
- Withdrawn
- Wood
- Workability
- WTF
- 1up
- 3W
- 5H
- 7I
- 19th Hole
- 2&1
- Abnormal Course Condition
- ACC
- Ace
- Address
- Adjusted Gross Score
- AGC
- Air Shot
- Albatross
- All Square
- Ambrose
- Angle of Attack
- Approach
- Approach Wedge
- Apron
- AS
- Attack Wedge
- AW
- Back Nine
- Back of the Clubhead
- Backspin
- Back Weighting
- Baffie
- Balance Point
- Ball Mark
- Ball Marker
- Banana Ball
- BBGM
- Best 2 of 4
- Best Ball
- Bingo Bango Bongo
- Birdie
- Birdie Book
- Blade
- Blind Bore
- Bogey
- Bogey Golfer
- Bore-through
- Bore Type
- Bottom Spin
- Bounce
- Brassie
- Break
- Build-Up Tape
- Bulge
- Bunker
- Butt
- Butt Size
- Butt Trimming
- Butt Weight
- Caddie
- Camber
- Carry
- Cavity Back
- CBA
- Center of Gravity
- CG
- Chapman
- Chip
- Chipper
- Cleek
- Club
- Club Length
- Club Weight
- Collar
- Component
- Concede
- Condor
- COR
- Core
- Core Size
- Counter Balance
- Course
- Course Handicap
- Course Rating
- CR
- Crown
- CRS
- Cup
- Cut
- Cut Shaft
- Cut Shot
- Deep Face
- Divot
- DNF
- DNP
- DNS
- Dogleg
- Dormie
- Double Bogey
- Double Bogey +
- Dowel
- Draw
- Drive
- Driver
- Driving Iron
- Drop
- Dropping Zone
- DSQ
- Duff
- DW
- DZ
- E
- Eagle
- EDS
- Effective Bounce
- Effective Lie
- Effective Loft
- EGA
- Epoxy
- Even Par
- Expected Score
- Extreme Rough
- Face
- Face Angle
- Face Height
- Face Width
- Fade
- Fairway
- Fairway Marker
- Fat Shot
- Ferrule
- First Cut
- Flags
- Flagstick
- Flange
- Flat Lie
- Flatstick
- Flatter
- Flex
- Flop
- Florida Scramble
- Foot Wedge
- FORE
- Forgiveness
- Four-Ball
- Foursomes
- Free Drop
- Frequency Matching
- Fringe
- Front Nine
- FTF
- Gap Wedge
- Gear Effect
- General Area
- Gimmie
- GIR
- Good Good
- Gooseneck
- Grain
- Green
- Green in Regulation
- Greensomes
- Grind
- Grip
- Grip Cap
- Grip Diameter
- Grip Tape
- Grooves
- Gross Score
- Gruesomes
- GUR
- GW
- Halve
- Handicap Allowance
- Handicap Index
- Handicap Stroke
- Handicap System
- Happy Ball
- Hardpan
- Hazard
- HCP
- Head
- Heel
- HI
- Hickory
- HIO
- Hole
- Hole In One
- Hole Out
- Honors
- Hook
- Hosel
- Hosel Bore
- Hosel Length
- Hybrid
- Initial Handicap Index
- Iron
- Jigger
- Keel Sole
- Kick Point
- Launch Angle
- Lay Up
- Lead
- Leading Edge
- Level Par
- Lie
- Lip Out
- Lob Wedge
- Loft
- LW
- Mallet
- Marker
- Mashie
- Match Play
- Maximum Score
- MC
- MDF
- MOI
- MOIG
- MOI of a Club
- MOI of a Head
- Moment of Inertia
- Mouth
- Mulligan
- Muscle Back
- Nassau
- Natural Bending Position
- NBP
- NC
- Net Score
- Niblick
- Nine Points
- No Alibis
- No Card
- No Play Zone
- No Return
- No Show
- NPZ
- NR
- NS
- OB
- Obstruction
- Offset
- One-Person Scramble
- Onset
- Out of Bounds
- Oversize Iron
- PA
- Par
- Par/Bogey
- Par of a Golf Course
- Patsomes
- PCC
- Penalty Area
- Penalty Score
- Penalty Stroke
- Perimeter Weighted Head
- Permanent Tee Markers
- Pin
- Pin High
- Pitch
- Pitchfork
- Pitching Wedge
- Pitch Mark
- Playing Conditions Calculation
- Playing Handicap
- Portuguese Caddy
- Pull
- Punch
- Push
- Putt
- Putter
- PW
- PZG
- R&A
- Radius
- Raw Shaft
- Ready Golf
- Referee
- Relief
- Rescue
- RET
- Rocker Sole
- Roll
- Rough
- Round
- Rules of Handicapping
- Sandbagger
- Sand Save
- Sand Trap
- Sand Wedge
- Scoop Sole
- Scorecard
- Score Differential
- Scoring Record
- Scotch Foursomes
- Scramble
- Scratch Golfer
- Shaft
- Shaft Extension
- Shallow Face
- Shamble
- Shank
- Shot
- Shotgun
- SI
- Side
- Sidespin
- Single
- Skins
- Sky Shot
- Slice
- Slope
- Slope Rating
- Snowman
- Sole
- Sole Weighted
- Sole Width
- Spin
- Spine
- Spine Alignment
- Split Sixes
- Spoon
- SR
- Stableford
- Stakes
- STB
- String
- Stroke
- Stroke Index
- Stroke Play
- SW
- Sweet Spot
- Swingweight
- T
- Tap In
- Tee
- Tee Box
- Teeing Area
- Tee Markers
- Tee Off
- Tee Shot
- Tee Time
- Temporary Water
- Texas Scramble
- Texas Wedge
- Thin Shot
- Third Wedge
- Three-Ball
- Threesomes
- Tip
- Tip Diameter
- Tip Stiff
- Tip Trimming
- Tip Weight
- Toe
- Top Edge
- Top Shot
- Topspin
- Torque
- Trailing Edge
- Trajectory
- Trimming
- Tungsten
- Up and Down
- Upright Lie
- USGA
- Utility club
- Vent Hole
- Waste Bunker
- WD
- Wedge
- Whiff
- WHS
- Withdrawn
- Wood
- Workability
- WTF
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update: December 2023