Online Golf Dictionary: T
This is a list of golf terms beginning with the letter T
This is part of our glossary of golf terminology, with the meaning of every golf word.
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Golf Terms, Letter T | |
takeaway | The start of the backswing |
tap in | A very short putt. |
tee | A disposable device, normally a wooden peg, on which the ball is placed for driving. Also refers to the area from which the ball is hit on the first shot of the hole. Originally a pile of sand used to elevate the ball for driving. |
tee off | To play a tee shot. |
tee up | To begin play by placing the ball on the tee. |
tee-shot | A shot played from a tee. |
teeing ground | The area in which you must tee off your ball. Ball must be teed off within the markers and no more than two club lengths behind them. |
temporary green | A green used in the winter to save the permanent green. |
texas wedge | What the putter is called when it used from off the green. Also a shot played with a putter from outside the putting green. |
thin | The ball is hit thin when it is hit above center with the clubhead traveling on too high a line. |
thread | To direct the ball through a narrow opening |
three ball | Three players playing against each other with each playing their own ball. |
three-iron | An iron club used for distances between 165-200 yards for men's clubs. Also called a mid-mashie. |
three-putt | To take three putts on a green. |
three-quarter shot | Less than a full shot. A shot made with a reduced swing. |
threesome | A match in which two players play the same ball and alternate strokes and play against a single player. Also means three players playing a round together. |
three-wood | A wood club used for distances between 210-250 yards for men's clubs. Also known as a spoon. |
tiger tee | A slang expression for the back tee. |
tight fairway | A narrow fairway. |
toe | The part of the club farthest from where in joins the shaft |
toed in | A clubhead having a specialty prominent toe with a slightly turned-in face. |
top | To hit the ball above its center causing it to roll or hop rather than rise |
topspin | The forward rotation of the ball in motion. |
touch | Accuracy, especially in putting. |
touch shot | A very delicately hit shot. |
tour | A series of tournaments for professionals. |
tournament | A stroke or match play competition. A competition in which a number of golfers compete. |
track iron | An obsolete club that was used primarily to hit the ball from cart tracks. A rut-iron or a niblick. |
trajectory | The flight path of the ball. |
triple bogey | This term is used when a golfer is 3 over par on a hole. |
trouble shot | A shot taken from a bad lie such as behind trees or in bunkers or rough |
turn | To start the back 9 holes. |