Definition: The term "hole" has three meanings in a golf context. As a verb, "hole" to "to hole" means to get the golf ball into the hole on the green. That's the object of the game.
"Hole" can refer to two different things when used as a noun:
1. The point on the green where the flagstick stands and where turf and sod have been removed to create the "hole" into which the player putts. In other words, the hole is literally the hole in the putting green.
The hole on the green is 4.25 inches in diameter, and is at least four inches deep according to the rules.
2. One of the units of play on a golf course: That area from the teeing ground, down the fairway and to the putting green constitutes one hole. There are 18 such holes on a regulation golf course.
Also Known As: Cup is a synonym for hole as a noun in the No. 1 usage above.
Examples:
As nouns: 1. The Golf Guide hit his putt right into the hole on the second green. 2. The Golf Guide is now playing hole No. 4.As a verb: Tiger Woods really needs to hole this putt.
