Golf: English Vocabulary List

a small-scale version of golf with fun obstacles

"Miniature golf has windmills and loops."

"Miniature golf featured obstacles like windmills and ramps on small artificial courses."

the last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course

"The back nine holes are harder."

"The golfer scored two under par on the back nine to finish the round strongly."

the initial nine holes of a golf course, typically numbered one through nine

"The front nine takes two hours."

"The player struggled on the front nine with a score of forty two strokes."

a golf scoring format where the total number of strokes is counted

"Stroke play counts every shot."

"The tournament used stroke play where every stroke counted toward the total score."

a score of one stroke over par on a hole in golf

"He makes a bogey on the sixth hole."

"He made bogey on the par four after taking five shots to complete the hole."

(golf) the remarkable achievement of sinking the ball into the cup with just one stroke on a par-3 hole

"The hole in one wins him a car."

"The amateur golfer made a hole in one on the seventeenth and bought drinks for everyone."

the standard number of strokes expected for a skilled golfer to complete a hole or course

"The golfer is one under par."

"The golfer was satisfied with par on the difficult eighteenth hole."

a golf competition format where players compete hole by hole, aiming to win individual holes rather than building up a total score

"Match play wins the hole"

"Match play awarded points per hole won rather than counting total strokes."

a piece of turf or grass that is displaced when a player strikes the ground with their club during a swing

"He replaces the divot after his swing."

"The golfer repaired his divot by replacing the chunk of grass he had removed."

a stroke played toward the green from a location farther away

"The approach shot lands on the green."

"The approach shot landed softly on the green and stopped near the pin."

a card used in golf to record each player's scores for each hole during a round

"She keeps score on a scorecard."

"The golfer kept his scorecard in his back pocket and marked his partner's scores."

to gently hit the golf ball towards the hole on the green

"He putted the ball into the hole."

"The golfer needed to putt the ball into the hole from a very short distance to save par on the difficult green."

to strike the ball with the heel of the golf club

"He will heel the ball."

"The golfer managed to heel the ball, sending it slightly off target."

to successfully hit the ball into the hole with a putt, finishing the hole

"He holed out from the bunker."

"He managed to hole out from the bunker with a single excellent shot directly into the cup."