Golf Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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Army golf n. Woods played what is known as Army golf—left, right, left, right—in his second round. He was, if anything, even wilder yesterday than he had been on Thursday. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 19, 2006)

breakfast ball n. The practice, which is also referred to as a “breakfast ball” when used during early morning rounds, is against the rules and draws a penalty if used in competitive play. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 16, 2006)

chili-dip v. Encourage these guys to chili-dip shots to get on camera. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 6, 2004)

course rat n. “He’s what I call a course rat,” Robichaud said. “All my juniors are. They’re always at the course, always playing. A lot of times they’d go from a match at Monoosnock and they’d get in their cars and hit a bucket of balls at Lancaster Golf Center.” [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 26, 2006)

grinder n. In golf vernacular, Marshall senior Brad Mull is a “grinder,” someone capable of bouncing back from adversity or scoring well even without his “A” game. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (May. 19, 2005)

grinding n. “Guys are bleeding to death out there, grinding over every shot,” Feherty said after qualifying last year. [English Golf Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2004)

grow teeth v. phr. Mickelson taps in for par on the 9th to finish the front nine on -3. Meanwhile on the 11th, John Daly puts his considerable weight behind an effort to slash out of knee-high rough. It’s a great effort, but “grows teeth,” as they say in America, and comes to a stand-still a couple of inches short of the dancefloor. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 26, 2006)

grow teeth v. phr. The Monster grew teeth today.…It was very testy and I tried to force a few shots that didn’t come off. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 26, 2006)

grow teeth v. phr. The 16th can change character daily. It can be relatively benign if there’s no wind blowing. But put a breeze in the golfer’s face and the 16th grows teeth. The lake and a big tree at the corner of the slight bend come into play on the right side of the tee. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 26, 2006)

grow teeth v. phr. After meekly relinquishing a 65—and a record—to Bob Murphy and 7-under-par scores to a couple of others, the golf course grew teeth. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 26, 2006)

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