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Golf is a sport played with a club, usually made of wood, metal or carbon fiber, which is used to hit a small plastic ball from a tee into a hole. The game is primarily a precision and technique sport.

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gallery

Sports; Golf

The audience or spectators watching a golf tournament.

foursome

Sports; Golf

A group of four golfers.

fringe

Sports; Golf

The grass that is cut shorter then the fairway grass but is longer then the grass on the green. The fringe surrounds the green and separates it from the fairway.

front nine

Sports; Golf

The first 9-holes on an 18-hole golf course.

loft

Sports; Golf

The angle of the clubface. The greater the angle a clubface has the greater the loft. A 9-iron or pitching wedge has the most loft of all the golf clubs, a 1ñiron has very little loft.

loose impediments

Sports; Golf

Naturally occurring items on a golf course that are not held in place like gravel or small stones.

lost ball

Sports; Golf

A ball that canít be found after it has been hit. You drop a new ball and take a penalty stroke.

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