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Lexicon of the Links
Gary Van Sickle
February 23, 2004
In golf, if you can't talk the talk you probably can't walk the walk. Getting the jargon right is proof that you do, indeed, live a golfing life. The game's language, though, is always evolving. For example, the phrase Never up, never in is out, while the term chalupa (a green hit in regulation) is in. Here's an updated, 2004 golf glossary.
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February 23, 2004

Lexicon Of The Links

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Grave digger: A player who inflates his handicap to win bets. Formerly: Sandbagger.

Happy Gilmore: An openly gay golfer.

Hit a three-pointer: To three-putt. Usage: "I was two under until I hit a three-pointer at 15"

Janet Jackson: A golfer whose fly is open.

Kennel: Municipal course.

Lieberman: A partner who doesn't help in a match. Usage: "I was three under, but my partner was a total Lieberman and we lost two ways."

Lifting weights: Postround drinking.

Machete: Lob wedge.

NASA: A misguided shot that is lost.

Ozzy Osbourne: A ball hit so far out-of-bounds that you have no bleepin' idea where it is.

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