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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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plugged lie

Sports; Golf

a bad lie where the golf ball is at least half-buried

pga

Sports; Golf

An association for any professional golfers; called Professional Golfers' Association (e.g. the Professional Golfers' Association of America).

play through

Sports; Golf

this is allowed when permission is granted by a slow-moving group of golfers to a faster-moving group to pass them on the course

out-of-bounds

Sports; Golf

an area in golf that is outside the course boundaries of the course

outward nine

Sports; Golf

refers to the first nine holes in golf; also called the "front nine"

plunk

Sports; Golf

a lie where the golf ball is on the lip of a lake or other water hazard

pin-high

Sports; Golf

this refers to a golf ball on the green that is positioned along an imaginary horizontal line through the hole and across the width of the green

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