Terms every golfer should know
Compiled from "Let the Big Dog Eat!" by Pedroli & Tiegreen
- aerosol man: a golfer who sprays his shots
- afraid of the dark: a putt that stops just short of the hole
- aiming fluid: alcoholic beverage consumed while playing (AKA swing oil)
- army golf: style of play that favors an indirect route to the green
- barkie: a par made after hitting a tree
- big dog: the driver, preferably titanium
- Bo Derek: a score of 10
- bogeyland: an area of the course frequented by non-par shooters
- cabbage pounder: a person who spends a lot of time in the rough
- Captain Kirk: a shot that goes where no man has gone before
- crop duster: a shot that travels about head high
- Darth Fader: a fearsome slicer
- Dolly Parton: a ball that seems fascinated by the cup size before going in the hole
- drown it: to hit a ball into a water hazard
- emergency room: men's locker room or the bar
- F-14: a drive that takes off like a fighter jet (AKA bomb, nuke, smoke)
- flypaper: a very slow green
- Geronimo: yelled to irritate a golfer whose ball is headed toward a hazard
- gopher killer: a ball that flies about 6 inches above the ground
- gust of gravity: the sudden effect of one of nature's fundamental forces upon a golf shot
- heliputter: low-flying aircraft sometimes seen greenside after a short missed putt
- hoover: a sweeping hook that gets sucked into the woods
- hubble: a drive that goes so high it can see the stars
- jail: the woods
- Jesus: a shot that walks acroos water
- Johnny Cochran: to face a shot with such a lie that only JC could save you
- Lawrence of Arabia: a player who spends a lot of tiome in the sand
- Linda Ronstadt: to refer to her song "Blue Bayou" as your shot rolls/flies past your partner's
- Liz Taylor: a shot that's a little fat, but still pretty
- mahoofka: purpoprtedly developed by the CIA, a vicious type of knee-high rough
- mallard: a duck hook (AKA quacker)
- meat left on that bone: a putt that stops significantly short of the hole
- Mick Jagger: a serious lip-out putt
- nature boy/girl: a person who spends a lot of time in the woods
- Oprah golf: 1 thin shot, 1 fat shot, 1 thin shot, 1 fat, etc...
- pizza ball: a slice (AKA serving cake)
- plumber: a golfer who drains a lot of putts
- rescue operation: when an entire four-some is searching for a lost ball
- Rock Hudosn: a putt that looks straight but isn't
- Ru Paul: a slice that turns into a hook
- scud: a long, high drive with questionable accuracy
- snail chaser: a very slow player
- southpaw: a golfer who reads instructional books upside down
- South America: a putt that needs one more revolution
- Taxi!: used to irritate opponent as his putt cruises by the hole
- trombones: a score of 76
- turf spanker: a very bad golfer
- UBE: ugly but effective
- whopper: a meaty, juicy, flame-broiled drive
- zip code(next): area off course, well left or right of fairway