Fan

Fan: To miss the ball completely
Fat: Shot type in which a player hits behind the ball, resulting in a much shorter shot than normal. Fat shots are often characterized by a player taking an excessive divot.

fan-- To attempt to hit a golf shot and miss the ball entirely.
fat shot-- A mishit golf shot in which the ground is struck before the ball causing the shot to come up short of its intended target.

fan See "airball".
fat shot A shot where the club strikes the ground well before the ball (usually resulting in a large divot).
flag (flagstick) The tall marker used to identify the hole location from afar.

Fan : Missing the ball completely when trying to make contact.
Fat : Hitting the ground before the ball, usually resulting in the ball not going as far as intended.

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I'm a big fan of the nike golf products. I have a dilemma. Last year I bought a set of the Nike pro combos in a graphite REGULAR flex shaft.

I am a great fan of Dave's and my insights this week will be limited to his feelings on "Muscles and Adrenaline", because believe it or not there is a definite mental side to this great game of golf.

Fan To miss the ball completely Fat Shot When the club hits the ground behind the ball. This results in high or low shots with a loss of distance Featherie An old leather ball stuffed with compressed feathers.

fan (also "whiff") missing the ball completely
Example: A skilled golfer will sometimes exaggerate when they make poor contact by saying that they fanned/whiffed it.

Fan - To swing and miss the ball completely. Also known as a whiff.
Fat Shot - To hit the ground behind ball first.
Featherie - An old leather ball stuffed with feathers. Replaced the wooden ball. Later replaced by the gutta percha.

There is a great temptation for many amateurs to fan the clubhead open as they bring the clubhead away for the ball. It may add a few yards to some of your shots if you time it right but that won't happen with any great consistency.

To encourage a Draw, fan your right foot away from the target and turn your left foot so it's perpendicular to the ball-to-target line. Hold the club a bit less firmly than usual to encourage a full release.

Interestingly, in contrast to the accompanying description and the demo by Mike Shannon offered by the Putting Arc at the PGA Merchandise Show just recently, the putter is supposedly encouraged to fan in the path as the heel stays in contact with ...

It would be difficult to find a fan at Glen Abbey that doesn't want to see Weir win this week. All of that positive energy is something that helps him keep going once he's off to a good start.

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A complete miss of the ball on a swing. Also called a fan.
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A club normally used for distance shots. It can be made of wood, metal, or graphite.

The floor exercise is always a fan favourite. Opponents would be wowed with my athletic prowess.
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Sometimes I'll kid around with them. Then if I play the shot successfully, they all go crazy and I get a big kick out of it too. The fact is, for the fan or the player, there's no greater thrill in golf than a spectacular recovery shot.

In the 1986 NEC World Series of Golf Denis Watson's ball was intentionally deflected onto the green by an outside agency, which in this case was an overzealous fan.
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For illustrative and descriptive reasons, I much prefer the term "muscle memory," even though it may be an inaccurate term. What difference does it make if you call it "muscle memory", "learning", or, as as one irate fan of mine prefers, ...

Again, the problem with the one plane swing (not Hogan's swing) is that it still requires manipulation and there is the possibility that some serious problems can develop, which is why I am not a big fan of the one plane swing concept.