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free drop-- A drop where no penalty stroke is charged.
fried-egg-- A lie in a bunker in which a good portion of the ball is buried in the sand.

 


Free Drop: A drop where no penalty is assets
Frequency Matching: An alternative to calibrating shafts as stiff or regular by measuring the deflection at the tip.

free drop To drop the ball without penalty.
fringe See "apron".
front nine The first nine holes of an 18 hole course.

Free Drop: Drop for which no penalty stroke is incurred, generally within one club length of where the ball was.
Fried Egg: When your ball is semiburied in the sand.
Fringe: See Apron.

free drop
Ball dropped without penalty away from an immovable obstruction, or in other circumstances in accordance with the Rules of Golf
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Free drop
When a player is entitled to make a drop without a penalty stroke.
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FREE DROP - a drop that you don't have to pay for, really that is correct, you get to drop the ball and don't have to add a stroke to your score. This can happen when there is casual water on the course or ground under repair.

Usually a free drop is allowed from staked trees to avoid damage to them. Check the local rules.
Stakes
Identified by different colours. Check the local rules to identify what the colours mean. -Top ...

No Penalty: Free Drop Shots coming to rest in the conditions listed here are beyond your control and therefore do not result in penalties. If you find yourself in these situations you may a) hit the ball as it lies or b) seek relief, ...

Free Drop A drop where no penalty stroke is incurred. Fried-Egg A ball half-buried in the sand. Fringe The area surrounding the putting green which is sometimes cut to a height lower than the fairway but not as short as the green itself.

free drop (also "free relief") dropping the ball without penalty in any number of situations allowed by the rules of golf (more on rules of golf) ...

Relief - a free drop or moving of the ball to a better position as allowed by the rules Release - The point in the downswing where you uncock your wrists.

There are 3 situations where you are not allowed a free drop:-
1.You have take an abnormal stance for the immoveable obstruction to affect you.
2. You can't take a swing because something else other than the immoveable obstruction is affecting you.

Ground Under Repair (GUR)
An area of the golf course that is being repaired. A free drop is allowed if the ball lands in an area marked "GUR"
Golden Ferret
Term used to describe holing out from a greenside bunker.

1958 - Arnold Palmer is allowed a controversial free drop to save par in the final round of the Masters, and he goes on to defeat Ken Venturi.

If a ball is in such water or, to play it, the player's feet would be, one can take a free drop..

Areas on a golf course which are designated as being under repair, and from which a free drop may be taken.
HACKER
A poor golfer, also called a duffer.

Drop : When the ball is released by hand (with an extended arm at shoulder height) and put back in play after being lifted under various situations within the rules of golf. Example: She took a free drop away from the obstruction.

: What to shout when your ball is headed toward another player.
free drop: Drop for which no penalty stroke is incurred, generally within one club length of where the ball was.
front nine: The first half of your round of golf.
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free drop: A drop incurring no penalty.
fried egg: Plugged ball in sand, leaving image of an egg.
fringe: As apron. The cut grass around the edge of a green, cut longer than the grass on the green.

Also a match in which two players play against another two players with each side playing one ball.
free drop A drop where no penalty stroke is incurred.
fringe Same as "apron"
front side The first nine holes of an 18 hole course.

A free drop is allowed if the ball lands in an area marked "GUR."
Groove
the crevices on the face of a club that are designed to impart spin on the ball.
Golden Ferret
Term used to describe holing out from a greenside bunker.
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See also: Shot, Drop, Hole, Golf, Penalty

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