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Back-swing The first part of the golf swing. The back-swing starts with the club-head immediately behind the ball and ends when the club head travels back behind the player's head. The term take-away refers to the first part of the back-swing. Bag Ball A small sphere used in playing golf, which is intended to be struck by a player swinging a club.
In golf, a well-struck shot will result in a large amount of backspin that will carry the ball higher into the air and further. [3] Backspin will also help with distance control and, if there is enough backspin, the ball will "check" if it lands on the putting surface, and sometimes even creep backwards (in the opposite direction that the ball ...
In golf, bounce or bounce angle is the angle inscribed by the leading edge of a golfing iron (particularly a wedge), the sole of the club, and the ground. In plainer terms, bounce angle is an indication of how much the sole, or bottom-most part, of the club head lifts the leading edge.
Rolling back distance “is what Jack Nicklaus has been saying for 25 years or more,” noted Robert Dargan, a two-time South Carolina Mid-Amateur champion and coach of the A.C. Flora’s boys ...
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).
air bounce 1. A disc thrown in such a way as to suddenly "bounce" by quickly rising into the air early on in its flight. [2] 2. Sudden lift that a disc receives due to headwind. albatross. Also double eagle. A scoring term used when a player finishes a hole in three fewer strokes than par. An ace on a par 4, or 2 strokes on a par 5, both qualify.
A dead cat bounce is a short-lived recovery in the price of a declining asset just after a significant, long-term drop but right before the price continues its downward trend.
The 18th hole at the Old Head Golf Links on the Old Head of Kinsale. Although the term links is often used loosely to describe any golf course, few golf courses have all of the design elements of true links courses, including being built on linksland. [citation needed] The presence of a seaside location does not guarantee a links golf course.