Field: The players in a tournament.
Flag Events: A player carries their flag until their net score has fallen behind the course using the hole stroke indexes.
Flagstick: The pole in the centre of the green with a flag attached.
Field: The players in a tournament
First Cut: Term given to a section of rough (or higher grass) directly bordering a fairway.
field-- All of the golfers who play in a particular tournament.
five-iron-- An iron with more loft than a 4-iron but less loft than a 6-iron. A man will typically hit a five iron from 145-190 yards. Also referred to as a mashie.
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The field of juniors in the MJT event, which was sponsored by 1st Choice Savings and Credit Union, faced unbearable winds that gusted to 80 km/h, causing balls to move on greens and balls to be blown off tee boxes while players were trying to hit.
The field that trailed behind Daly was, with the exception of Harrington, distinguished only by the absence of any of our Ryder Cup stars.
Muirfield Village Golf Club opens from a Desmond Muirhead/Jack Nicklaus design.
The Tournament Players Championship is inaugurated.
1975 - Lee Elder becomes the first black golfer to play in the Masters.
The field failed to respond to Woods' errors with American Brett Wetterich closest and Robert Allenby, Sergio Garcia and Geoff Ogilvy tied for third.
England's Paul Casey had a good weekend to finish tied for ninth on four under.
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Leads field from the early stages of race.
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A wagering term describing the two greyhounds finishing first and second in either order.
Your eye fields are two egg-shaped regions that overlap. If you close your non-dominant eye, you can see the shape defined by the inside of your nose, your eyebrow, the corner of your eye, and your cheek.
Large open field that allows golfers to practice their drives. Facilities usually allow you to rent buckets of balls to hit.
Eagle
Score two strokes below par on a hole.
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Cut The score that reduces the field to a pre-determined number and eliminates players in a tournament. Usually made after 36 of a 72 hole tournament.
(Her tendency to make an early hit made her one of the shortest hitters in the field.) Effective Loft The actual loft on a club at impact as opposed to the loft built into the club.
Of all the slices, this one can leave the playing field the quickest. Vicious Cycle The fact that you can hit several different types of slices during a single round is rooted in the Vicious Slice Cycle.
I spent a week at the famed Baltusrol Country Club in Springfield, N.J., during the PGA Championship, the fourth and final Major Championship of the year. I've always loved walking the tee line on the driving range at a PGA Tour event.
area = region, field
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plumb bob a method of reading putts where the putter is hung from the fingers (like a surveyor's plumb line) in front of one's visual field to create a vertical reference ...
Field - The players in a tournament.
Five-iron - An iron club. Also known as a Mashie.
Five-wood - A lofted wooden club.
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Slightly more than 40 players (in 2006, 41 to 43, depending on the size of the field), plus those who tie for a qualifying spot, advance to the next stage.
Chi Chi grew up in the hot, dusty sugar cane fields of Rio Piedras, where he helped his father tend the fields. Chi Chi's golf expertise began at the age of 12, when he shot a 67.
Colin Montgomerie led the field in the number of times he hit the fairway. Montgomerie hit 82% of the fairways with his tee shots. Montgomerie also shot 15 over par for the tournament.
If you don't believe me, just think back to all of those interview with Tiger Woods after he blew away the rest of the field. If Tiger beats the rest of the field by 5 shots what does he say when he's interviewed?
First 100 paid entries will be field. ($60 entry includes golf plus all meals & entertainment.) Friday 4 June, course opened to anyone wanting practice. 7pm Meet at REEFTON AUTO LODGE (Draw will be there) Saturday 5 June. 18 holes of golf.
[Avant Garde Golfer is the creative brainchild of one Rufus Muirfield, who lives in golf-poor New York City. Part science fiction, part wishful thinking, every paragraph is from Muirfield's twisted, golf-deprived mind.
Stroke Play - A competition in which the player's total strokes for the round are recorded and compared with the scores of other players in the field. Considered a more testing form than matchplay and therefore as a better indication of ability.
The best professional in the field would find it extremely difficult to bring off a shot with the complicated scheme of the average amateur. The average amateur has too many things on his mind.
During the 1972 British Open at Muirfield, Scotland, Tony Jacklin and Lee Trevino attacked the 9th hole from the tee. Jacklin went for the carry over the left-hand fairway bunker, while Trevino played more conservatively down the right side.
The name has nothing to do with holes being linked together, rather, it is the area of land, which links the sea with the inner towns or fields. Old Scottish and English usage of the word implied rough open ground.
In fact, many are fundamentally better than their healthy counterparts because they are forced to utilize sound mechanics, which prove that Golf can make the playing field more equal for everyone.
So why isn't the field more spread out? Why aren't there as many golfers that hook the ball as there are that slice the ball?
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A tournament in which the field starts from different holes at the same time rather than queuing up at the first tee. The customary signal to commence playing is a shot from a starter's pistol, bell or horn.
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Canada has won the last two events and with home field advantage it is expected that both the men and women's team respectively, will compete against the best teams from the US, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina to name but a few.
When a tournament's field is reduced after each qualifying round. Striking the ball causing it to move from inside to out of your stance.
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The field is far too competitive to leave any of the key contributing elements to chance. Preparing their bodies for play is a critical component to a golfer's success under the most competitive conditions.
Cut: A score that eliminates a percentage of the field (or players) from a tournament. Usually made after 36 holes of a 72-hole event.
Cut Shot: A shot that curves from left to right.
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Watch a pitcher fire a baseball to the plate, or a quarterback loft a pass deep downfield, and you will see what I mean.
The same idea applies to the golf swing, so you have to guard against overusing your arms and underusing your body.
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CUT - the score in a tournament in which golfers in the field that do not that score or better are eliminated from the tournament competition.
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Together with Muirfield (Scotland) one of the best golf courses in Ireland and the British Isles.
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This is arrived at as a result of calculations on the day of a competition, taking into account the degree of difficulty (climactic conditions) size of field and generally how the different handicap categories performed.
driving range A practice area, either at a golf course or on its own, where players practice their game. A range may be as simple as a large mowed field with hitting areas or may be as elaborate as a facility with target greens and practice ...
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3rd most active volcano in the world today. Plus natural hot springs just below the lava fields. Waterfalls and lots of adventure.
Two additional "wild card" players make up the 32-player field for the ADT Championship.
Driving Range: A practice area, either at a course or on its own, where players of all ability levels go to practice their game. A range may be a simple as a large mowed field with hitting areas or may be as elaborate as a facility with target ...
The PGA Tour announced on Wednesday [Feb 7, 2007] that the International, which used a modifield Stableford scoring system, had been removed from the schedule, effective immediately." It has never returned.
When a player prematurely releases the cocking of the wrists on the downswing, resulting in a loss of power at impact. This is also known as "casting from the top." (Her tendency to make an early hit made her one of the shortest hitters in the field.
Look at the level of achievement in Olympic and World track and field records over recent years. The increase in performance levels are the result of improved teaching based upon the correct study. Is golf really the exception to this?
moving day Saturday of a tournament taking place Thursday through Sunday, refers to the fact that it is common for a field of professional golfers to go through a substantial reshuffling in the standings once the cut has been made and as the ...
So, for good or for ill, those rating and slope numbers on the score card are not just pulled out of the hat and applied to the course. Time, effort and calculations have been put into making the playing field as level as possible for all golfers.
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