Phrases/concepts that need to disappear in golf

[callawayjay]

My brother in law always says "99.9% of putts not hit hard enough don't go in". I still can't figure out how the .1% went in when not hit hard enough!

99% of putts hit too hard don’t go in either.

[callawayjay]

Yes. Roll the rock.

[3sip]

fer fu!ks sake? you got to tell me my game is shite? yer no good and ye no it. h'ever youll bark an brag "bout that shot" fook me I hear nothing of it. never seen nothing of this game yer carrying and the honors you ride. you are not that good and I know. honestly cause pissing yourself is worse. for reals quit your bitchen. it's a game

[tatertot]

Baby draw ... When did everybody's hook suudenly turn into a "baby draw." And what does "baby draw" even mean? Do babies draw? Is it smaller than an adult draw? Where does it fall on the hook spectrum? Or is it just really somebody trying to sound like they know what they're talking about when they've watched too much TV golf?

[Jasonic]

Baba booey. Mashed potatoes. Anything similar.

[daegyu]

If it was a ProV it would have...

[oz dee cee]

I too hate ‘Get in the hole’

[m111]

Baby draw ... When did everybody's hook suudenly turn into a "baby draw." And what does "baby draw" even mean? Do babies draw? Is it smaller than an adult draw? Where does it fall on the hook spectrum? Or is it just really somebody trying to sound like they know what they're talking about when they've watched too much TV golf?

 

Butter cut

[Jagpilotohio]

Wow. I must not be as crotchety and intolerant as I thought. Other than the stupid crap idiots yell at tournaments and “divot tool”, hardly any of the things mentioned bother me one bit. Interesting.

 

I love hitting trap draws and butter cuts and enjoy when the announcers clarify who has the outright lead.

 

I’m about to pull the trigger on a back up set but I’ve been gaming my hogans so long that I just don’t think anything can kick them out of the bag.

[GrandStranded]

Your ball falls off a tee, and then the inevitable, "That's one..."

[Tiemco]

When announcers say “That putt was well holed” and when a player is “a tremendous striker of the ball”.

[PureStrikes54]

Utilizing the slope. Phrase seems to be used anytime a ball moves more than four feet after landing on the green and as if Gary Koch had a clue where the player was aiming.

[MPStrat]

"hit it, nancy" -usually said after a putt was hit fat and/or barely made contact with the putter face

 

"I came out of that one"

 

"ball doesn't carry that far this time of year" -always said on a 75 degree day in May

 

"I'm not looking for extra distance, just more accuracy"

[Jasonic]

5 par

 

Sand iron

 

3 metal

 

Gary McCord

[dubbelbogey]

Anything referring to "metal". Fairway metal. 3-metal. 5-metal. Metal-wood. The pro players don't call it that, the manufacturers don't call it that, no recreational golfers call it that. Just the DBs on TV use that stupid terminology. By now, we're all not going to change, so TV should just stop.

 

I can just see the squirmy little, OCD-afflicted producer ranting to his on-air crew to use the "metal" word. They've been brow-beaten into using that term so long they don't even know they're doing it any more.

[callawayjay]

Wow. I must not be as crotchety and intolerant as I thought. Other than the stupid crap idiots yell at tournaments and “divot tool”, hardly any of the things mentioned bother me one bit. Interesting.

 

I love hitting trap draws and butter cuts and enjoy when the announcers clarify who has the outright lead.

 

I’m about to pull the trigger on a back up set but I’ve been gaming my hogans so long that I just don’t think anything can kick them out of the bag.

 

Back up set? For what? What are we backing up? In case of theft? Unless you’re using them regularly they aren’t a back up set. They’re just a set taking up space in your house and head for when your swing is amiss. Tinkering is awesome but having another “set” is a built in excuse that

You aren’t used to this/that set.

 

I have extra clubs. I’m sure I could make up “back up sets”. They are just clubs I don’t use. I’m not racing and I crashed my primary clubs in qualifying and I’m bringing out the back up set. If I haven’t used them in 6 month perhaps they help me fetch something newer for less.

[dog flog]

Shank. The word should not exist.

[mingoo75]

Grumpy old men that still believe the rules say "a single has no standing on the golf course" and will readily tell you that exact phrase like they are quoting from the gospel.

 

So glad to hear i’m not the only one who gets hacked off by this!

[Sean2]

The term, “grumpy old men”.

 

By the way the single having no standing on the golf course was in the ROG. It was done away with in 2004.

 

I have had many an elder statesman allow me to play through, though once in a while there are those that won’t...grumpy young men.

[oz dee cee]

Shank. The word should not exist.

 

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[Carl Spackler3]

When I ask as I’m writing down scores and you say anything other than a number!!!!

[Bye]

The most recent one is “all in all”

 

 

[Sean2]

"Outright lead." What the "f" is an "outright lead"? You either have the lead or you don't. There is nothing "outright" about it.

 

Outright lead, as in, you're not tied for the lead. If you're tied for the lead, you still have the lead.

 

If it's a matter of tying for the lead they say, "This is to tie for the lead." If they say, "This is for the lead," well that is pretty self-explanatory. No need for "outright".

[Jasonic]

Playing partner yesterday kept saying, “gotta let the big dog eat!” every time he took a driver out. Add this to the list

[Insidious2]

Calling a course a "track"

 

Just stab me in the eardrum every time I hear that.

 

I always thought it was tract? as in tract of land..

[Jasonic]

Calling a course a "track"

 

Just stab me in the eardrum every time I hear that.

 

I always thought it was tract? as in tract of land..

 

Facts aren’t needed here. Man I could use an expresso

[Jim Waldron]

"left to right" or "right to left". Not even remotely accurate description and just too many words, two more than needed.

 

The ball curves to the left or to the right, it does not move from right to left or vice versa.

 

The other is "hole location". Last time I checked every single physical object in the know universe has a "location", it is implicit.

 

No need to add the qualifier "location".

 

Only in golf do you hear this....

 

And I am not talking about the occassional time when the announcers will discuss how the hole location affects the putt due to slope. Then it is gramatically correct.

 

I mean they say "hole location" when they really mean the hole....

 

Next thing you know they will be talking about the "location location".

[SNIPERBBB]

"Outright lead." What the "f" is an "outright lead"? You either have the lead or you don't. There is nothing "outright" about it.

 

Outright lead, as in, you're not tied for the lead. If you're tied for the lead, you still have the lead.

 

If it's a matter of tying for the lead they say, "This is to tie for the lead." If they say, "This is for the lead," well that is pretty self-explanatory. No need for "outright".

 

But if they are tied for the lead and miss the putt to go ahead, they still have the lead so...

[Jasonic]

"Outright lead." What the "f" is an "outright lead"? You either have the lead or you don't. There is nothing "outright" about it.

 

Outright lead, as in, you're not tied for the lead. If you're tied for the lead, you still have the lead.

 

If it's a matter of tying for the lead they say, "This is to tie for the lead." If they say, "This is for the lead," well that is pretty self-explanatory. No need for "outright".

 

But if they are tied for the lead and miss the putt to go ahead, they still have the lead so...

 

Nice

[MyShortGameSucks]

Ok - this one drives me f’ing nuts: “Player X’s US Open Scripting” to describe the 4 outfits they are going to wear at the tourney. Scripting? WTF? That’s not a script! It’s a clothes selection or wardrobe choice.