Golf dialect?

[jcostello88]

Anyone else notice there are some great terms used in golf to describe situations? Here's a few of my favourites.

"A1 position" - good accuracy.
"Split the sky!" - great traj on drive.
"Gerrrup" - when a wedge/pitch needs to go
"Side door, any door" - when the ball creeps in the side of the hole
"Stiffed!" - pin high, crisp iron strike
"Ripped!" - a great drive!
"Ball" - generally nice shot.
"Sit down" - ball needs to bite.

[flomarilius]

Nothing will ever beat...

"GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR!!!"

all time favorite!

[TheWOAT]

Don't know if all of these are universal, but I hear them from time to time.

"Come back!!" - asking a ball to break back into the fairway
"Chunky Monkey" - hitting the ball a LOT too fat.
"A Waldo" - Mishitting a ball so badly it doesnt travel past the ladies tees, resulting in a penalty of 1 pitcher of beer (usually domestic)
"Texas Walker" - Putting the ball from below the hole and with 15 feet of fairway inbetween the ball and the pin.

[lildudejds]

Originally Posted by TheWOAT

"A Waldo" - Mishitting a ball so badly it doesnt travel past the ladies tees, resulting in a penalty of 1 pitcher of beer (usually domestic)
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On my team, if you don't hit it passed the ladies tees you have to drop your pants for the next shot. Quite fun.

[flomarilius]

you do guys follow the same rules also? Luckily it never happens lol!

[OmegaG5]

" A Sally"

A ball that leaves the club and runs all the way along the ground.

Not good looking, but a good runner.

(Named after the British althlete, Sally Gunnell)

[footballking732]

never up never in....

i personally dont use any, but sit, and the occasional i ripped that one...

[Mors Ab Alto]

My Personal Favorites:

Worm Burner (especially handy in my windy town)

Knuckle Ball (a drive with a lot of topspin)

Drop Kick (hitting the ground before the ball on a drive as to cause the club to bounce up and hit the ball anyway)

Basura (Spanish for trash; basically 50% of my shots)

"Monked It" (to hit the ball extremely thin, as if to cut the top of the ball of, like a monk's haircut)

Snappy (an unintended hook)

Nice Poke (self explanatory)

[Sandpiper3]

I get called alice a lot on the course because almost everyone of my misshits on the green result in the ball ending up short.

"sit"
"spin"
"thor" (hitting a putt WAYYY too hard)
"gshot"
"hit a house"
"stuffed it"
"that thing was pure"
"be the stick"

[TheWOAT]

when someone hitts a putt way too hard I usually hear a sarcastic: "CONFIDENT PUTT"

[warbirdlover]

Or if you hit a putt way too hard but it still goes in rattling the sides, bouncing etc is "slam dunk"!!

[VtDivot]

press

followed by...

press again

followed by...

what would you like to drink?

[Sandpiper3]

"Thin to win"

[jcostello88]

A racing putt is sometimes greeted with a "toot toot", which never ceases to get a laugh out of me (probably because I normally leave mine short).

The one I really hate is when your playing partner shouts "get down!" before you know it's gonna be long. I've had so many shots that looked pin high in the air, and some clown shouts "get down!" and the ball flies the green. Infuriating.

[limpalong]

Originally Posted by jcostello88

Anyone else notice there are some great terms used in golf to describe situations?

"Rosie" - A 'fat and ugly' shot.
"Grow teeth!!" - When wanting the ball to check up on the green.
"Nice drive!" - When your partner hammers his putt 3-feet, plus, past the hole.
"That one barely got high enough to take the nuts off a groundhog!" - When your partner tops his drive.