Golf Course Terms

Our glossary of golf course terms is one part of our larger Glossary of Golf Terms. If you need the definition of golf course term, check the list below, which includes terms relating to architecture, maintenance, turfgrasses, course setup and other golf course terms. If you are looking for more general golf terms, visit the full glossary of golf terms.

Abnormal Ground Conditions
Aeration
Ball Mark
Barranca
Bentgrass
Bermudagrass
Biarritz
Break
Bunker
Burn
Cape Hole
Casual Water
Church Pews bunker
Collection Area
Cool-Season Grasses
Coring
Course
Cross Bunker
Dormant
Double Green
Facing
Fairway
False Front
Fescue
First Cut
Footprinting
Forced Carry
Gorse
Grain
Grass Bunker
Green
Ground Under Repair
Hardpan
Heather
Lateral Water Hazard
Lip
Obstruction
Out of Bounds
Overseeding
Poa
Pot Bunker
Primary Rough
Punchbowl Green
Redan / Redan Hole
Rough
Routing
Sand Trap
Signature Hole
Sod
Split Fairway
Stadium Course
Stimp
Stimpmeter
Striping
Teeing Ground
Topdressing
Trap
Warm-Season Grasses
Waste Bunker
Water Hazard

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