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Golf Glossary: D-H

By Brent Kelley, About.com

Glossary: Index | #-C | D-H | I-R | S-Z

D
Dance Floor
Defender
Demo Day
Derby
Devil Ball
Dew Sweeper
Die in the Hole
Dimple Pattern
Dimples
Disaster
Divot
Divot Tool
Dogleg
Dormant
Dormie
Dots (or dot game)
Double Bogey
Double Cut (or Double Cut Green)
Double Eagle
Double Green
Downswing
Draw
Drive
Driver
Driving Range
Duffer

E
Eagle
Eclectic
Effective Playing Length
Elevated Green
Eliminator
English
Equitable Stroke Control
Even/Even Par
Executive Course

F
Face Angle
Facing
Fade
Fairway
Fairways & Greens
False Front
Fat (or Fat Shot)
Ferrule
Fescue
Finishing Hole
First Cut
Fish
Five of Clubs
Flags
Flagstick
Flange
Flatstick
Flex
Flier
Flight
Florida Scramble
Flush
Footprinting
Foot Wedge
Forced Carry
Fore
Forecaddie
Fort Lauderdale
Four Ball
Four-Man Cha Cha Cha
Foursomes
Frequency Matching
Fringe
Frog Hair
Front Nine
Front Side

G
GHIN
Gap wedge
Gimmie
Golf Buggy
Golf Car
Golf Cart
Golf Club
Golf Club without Real Estate
Golf Town
Gorse
Grain
Grass Bunker
Grass Club
Green
Green in Regulation (GIR)
Green Fee
Greensomes
Gross (Gross Score)
Ground Under Repair
Gruesomes

H
Hacker
Halve or Halved
Handicap
Handicap Differential
Handicap Index
Hand Wedge
Hardpan
Hate 'Em
Heather
Hit It Flush
Hog
Hogan's Alley
Hole
Holed
Honest John
Honey Pot
Honors (order of play)
Honors (betting game)
Hood - Hooded - Hooding the Club
Hook
Hosel
Hosel Rocket

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