golf

golf
I
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. match play, medal play, nine holes, eighteen holes, game, pasture pool*, heather marbles*, divot digging*.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
sport, pastime. ''A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins.''—James Reston. ''A good walk spoiled.''—Mark Twain.
WORD FIND
• aid: caddy average number of shots deemed necessary
• for each hole: par
• ball position after coming to rest: lie
• closely cropped green around hole: putting green
• club: baffy, blade, brassie, chipping iron, cleek, iron, mashie, niblick, putter, driver, wood, wedge, spoon
• curving drive: hook, slice
• curving fairway: dogleg
• extra shot allowed in casual game: Mulligan
• fee to play: greens fee
• flagstick: pin
• grounds: fairway, green, links, course
• hole made in one stroke: ace, hole in one
• lockers, club building: clubhouse
• long grass area: rough
• par, scoring one stroke over: bogey
• par, scoring one stroke under: birdie
• par, scoring three strokes under: albatross, double eagle
• par, scoring two strokes over: double bogey
• par, scoring two strokes under: eagle
• plug that ball sits on: tee
• poor golfer: duffer, hacker
• sand hazard: sand trap, bunker; *beach
• shots: drive, putt, chip shot, loft, pitch, hook, slice
• shouted warning: fore!
• turf hacked out by club: divot

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