It has been more than a month since the 2023 Masters, the first major tournament of the PGA schedule. Therefore, the golf season is already in full bloom. But for those of us who have yet to find the escape hatch from our cold-climate homes, golf is just now picking up for the year.
In the spirit of the season, we present the very first Battle Line Beginner’s Guide to Golf Lingo. It does not offer advice for how to finally hit your drives straight or how to cut down on all those dreaded three-putts. If we were offering lessons like that, we’d be charging a hell of a lot more money, as there is an endless supply of gullible and desperate golfers practically begging to part with their cash for someone to finally help them break 90.
No, we’ll leave those things up to the well dressed professionals. Instead, what you’ll find linked below is a short and handy field guide that will help you know what to say during a multitude of scenarios out on the course.
Like so many suckers out there, the editors of this publication are all huge fans and long-suffering students of the great game of golf. In fact, one’s love of golf is the first thing we determine when weeding out aspiring employees during the interview process. (If that is illegal, then please know that we are only kidding. Ha ha ha.)
While we don’t have the proven techniques for perfecting your swing, we can at least help you sound like a professional amateur golfer.
Our intention is for this to be a collaborative project. So if there are common golf phrases that you either use or hear often on the course that are not in Volume 1 of the guide, we encourage you to share them in the comments.
Useful -- and spot on. Can't wait for the beginner's guide to pickleball . . . .
It is apparent that Battleline is referring to the more obscure sport of "ball golf". May I suggest that Battleline extend this collaboration to include the hugely popular sport of "disc golf" (or "Frolf" to the non-players). Anhyzer, air-bounce, flippy, noodle-arm, scooby-shot, tomahawk.