| term | Description |
|---|---|
| albatross | |
| all square | level scores |
| wood | |
| approach | |
| back nine | |
| backswing | |
| bogey | |
| buggy | |
| bunker | |
| caddy | |
| chip | |
| under par | |
| club | |
| clubhouse | |
| course | |
| daisy-cutter | |
| dimple | The holes on a golf ball |
| driver | |
| eagle | |
| fairway | |
| fore | |
| front nine | |
| gimme | |
| green | |
| Green jacket | Given to the winner of a major tournament |
| handicap | |
| hole | |
| iron | |
| leader board | |
| make the cut | |
| over par | |
| par | |
| player | |
| putt | |
| putter | |
| rough | |
| sand wedge | |
| scorecard | |
| slice | |
| swing | |
| tee | |
| tee off | |
| chip and run | |
| par-three | |
| par four | |
| par five | |
| par for the course | |
| number five iron | |
| number six iron | |
| number seven iron | |
| number eight iron | |
| number nine iron | |
| downswing | |
| double bogey | |
| divot | |
| deep rough | |
| flag | |
| lie of the green | |
| follow-through | |
| club face | |
| golf club | |
| greenskeeper | |
| hole in one | |
| lob | |
| links course | A golf course near the sea |
| matchplay | |
| yard | |
| nineteenth hole | |
| out of bounds | |
| stroke | |
| stroke index | The difficulty rating for each hole |
| minigolf | |
| pitch and putt | |
| trajectory | |
| up and down | When a player holes the ball in two strokes from any position |
| sand trap | |
| water trap | |
| drive | |
| carbon fiber | |
| aluminum | |
| wood | |
| driving range | |
| birdie | |
| tee time | |
| play through | To allow a smaller or faster group to go ahead of you while on the course |
| golf cart |