Definition: "Army golf" is slang term, sometimes applied as a joking insult from one golfer to another, that means a player is spraying the ball all over the course in different directions. The term stems from the Army marching cadence: Left-right-left. In other words, a golfer hits one shot to the left, the next to the right, and very few of them straight.
True story: Jack Nicklaus, talking to a newspaper reporter, complained about the state of his game by telling the reporter, "I'm playing Army golf." The reporter misunderstood, and when the article appeared in the newspaper Nicklaus was misquoted saying, "I'm playing Arnie golf." Arnie, as in Arnold Palmer. Well, if Nicklaus really had said "Arnie golf" to describe the poor state of his game, that would be an insult to Palmer! So Nicklaus called Palmer to let him know that what Nicklaus had actually said was "Army golf."
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Examples:
The Golf Guide hits one ball left and then the next one right - he's playing Army golf.
