Golf Final Exam

How many clubs are you allowed to have in your bag per the rules of golf

14

For a well-struck golf ball, how many possible shot outcomes are there?

9

What's a vark?

A simple misunderstanding

Three things to always keep in your golf bag

A sweater, a bottle of water, and bug spray

The steepness of your swing plane, demonstrated by the depth of your divots

Approach Angle

An important factor in determining the success or failure of each swing

Balanced Finish

When playing golf with business associates, clients, or prospective clients, what should be your primary objective(s)?

Be prepared, have fun, create a good impression

Drives around the course offering refreshments

Beverage cart girl

Manages, purchases, ships, and displays the clothing in the golf shop

Buyer

Carries a bag, walks with the golfer, and assists an individual or twosome in the play of the course.

Caddie

Hitting the sweet spot

Centeredness of contact

Weight forward, ball back, stance open, no wrists

Chip

The position of the clubface at the moment of impact, can be varying degrees of square, closed, or open

Clubface Position at impact

The speed that the clubhead travels during the downswing - influenced primarily by length and width of arc

Clubhead speed

The converted handicap index

Course Handicap

An assessment of what a scratch golfer should shoot at a given course

Course rating

The slope of the hill lessens the loft of the club, the ball will fly slower

Downhill

Scores on each hole are kept for the entire year and the lowest score per hole is recorded on a master card. Your goal is to continually improve your score on the master card by improving your personal best score on a hole or two each time you play.

Eclectic

In golf handicapping, ESC stands for ___

Equitable Stroke Control

Stance square, ball back, weight forward

Fairway bunker

A putter has zero degrees of loft

False

Aerification is the process of planting new grass seed on top of existing grass that will go dormant as the season progresses

False

Even if the golf course is closed for a tournament or maintenance, the practice range is always open

False

Every course has the exact same dress code

False

If you've been invited as a guest to play at a private club, it's always okay to show up as early as you want to.

False

It's okay to fix spike marks on the putting green that are in your putting line

False

It's okay to pick up your golf ball before you place a ball marker behind it

False

Loft is the angle between the club shaft and the club head

False

Overseeding is the process of removing small cores that look like goose turds

False

Playing slowly also means you're a ban person

False

Practice and warm-up are essentially the same

False

The "Outward Half" of a golf course refers to the back nine

False

The dress code at a golf course applies only to the golf course itself, not the practice range or putting green

False

Tipping is always allowed

False

You are permitted to use your cell phone at every golf course

False

____Is a power leak that occurs by over-rotating the club into an open-faced position during the takeaway

Fanning the club

A common slang term for a putter is

Flatstick, magic wand, holy roller, great equalizer, etc

Works for an entire group, occasionally rides on the back of the carts, watches for wayward shots, and manages the housekeeping chores.

Forecaddie

Manages the staff and all golf-related activities at a golf course including running tournaments, leagues, clinics, camps, and giving lessons

Golf Professional

Works the counter and/or clothing racks in the golf shop, and regularly handles player check-in.

Golf shop attentant

____ should always dictate where your arms hang at the start of your swing

Gravity

A player's actual score

Gross score

A calculation of a player's 10 best scores from their 20 most recent. It's a number with a decimal point in it.

Handicap Index

Breaking the wrists to form a 90-degree angle between the clubshaft and left arm

Hinge

On the first tee, why should you tell the other players in your group what kind of ball you'll be playing and how it's marked?

It demonstrates experience, it shows that you intend to play by the rules, it implies that you expect them to abide by the rules

Some might shine shoes, others take food orders, others might serve as the course concierge

Locker room attendant

Monitors the pace of play on the course

Marshal

Players form different teams compete head to head. These contests are usually net, and the higher handicap player is given strokes from the lower handicap player. Scores are matched hole by hole, and the player who wins more holes is the winner of the match

Match Play

A common practice of reverse-sandbaggers is to

Neglect to post the bad scores, give themselves short putts, take Mulligans

A common practice of sandbaggers is to

Neglect to post the good scores, intentionally miss short putts, play poorly coming down the home stretch after bets are already decided

A player's score minus the course handicap

Net score

Star Wars character for out of bounds

OB-wan

Taking proper care of the golf course means that you should always

Obey the divot policy, obey the cart policy, rake bunkers with purpose, discard your trash

The foot soldiers who pick up range balls, stand post at the bag drop, carry clubs and clean carts

Outside services

Weight slightly forward, ball forward, stance open, backswing equals followthrough

Pitch

A golf course with access restricted to members and guests - owned by its members, who purchase a stock share of the club

Private - Equity

A golf course with access restricted to members and guests - built for the specific interest of profit from real estate and membership sales

Private- non-equity

Golf courses that are open to anyone who reserves a tee time

Public

Weight even, ball middle, stance square, no wrists

Putt

Golf Courses built as an amenity for hotels and/or convention centers

Resort

Golf originated in what European country and by what tradesman?

Scotland; Shepherds

A format where the team chooses the best shot from each location and all other players pick up their golf balls and advance to the location of the best shot, then repeat until the ball is in the hole

Scramble

Courses that are open to anyone, but also offer special privileges to patrons who purchase season passes, or the like

Semi-Private

Standing correctly and holding the club correctly with the golf ball in the correct position prior to the swing

Set-Up

The ball is easily pulled or hooked

Sidehill, ball above, and roll more

The ball is easily pushed or sliced

Sidehill, ball below

An assessment of the difficulty of a course

Slope

Positioned near the first tee to manage the initial spacing of each group

Starter

Players compete as a team, playing in the same group, and have a different format of how many and which scores of the group will count on each hole. This is usually referred to as a "best ball," as the best balls on each hole are counted toward the team scores

Stroke Play

The leader of the grounds crew

Superintendent

The path that the golf club travels during the downswing. Can be inside-out, outside-in, or down the line

Swing Path

The process of beginning the swing by pulling the club shaft away from the ball

Takeaway

There are ____ types of hazards

Three - water, lateral water, and bunkers

The beginning of the downswing, where the club begins to return to the ball.

Transition

A golfer playing as a single has no standing on the golf course when playing among multiple foursomes, and should always defer the right of way to the larger groups.

True

It's bad to cheat

True

Knowing the rules of golf is not a requirement to having a good time - although it is necessary to demonstrate experience in some circumstances

True

Playing "ready golf" means that you can go ahead and play your next shot regardless if it's your honor on the tee off if you're farthest from the hole in the fairway

True

Sandbagging is cheating

True

Seventy-five percent of all golf injuries occur in the parking lot

True

The "Hogan trail" is a narrow strip of mowed grass that connects every tee box to the fairway

True

The Rules of golf are confusing

True

The first image in the classic series of rorscach inkblots looks like two witches pulling the legs off of a cat

True

The first player to finish putting should return the flag when everyone is finished putting

True

The player whose ball is closest to the hole when all of the balls are on the green should attend the flag

True

Water hazards are designated by yellow stakes and lines

True

When a ball is properly teed up for a driver, half of the ball will be above the top of the club, half of the ball will be below the top of the club

True

When your golf bag is being held parallel to the ground, the longer clubs go in the slots at the top and the shorter clubs to in the slots below

True

Maintaining a bent right knee while turning your shoulders away from the target during the backswing to create torque

Turn and Load

Fix ___ pitch marks on every green

Two

The slope of the hill adds loft to the club. The ball will fly higher, shorter and roll less

Uphill

What's the most important thing to consider as you prepare to play golf?:

Why you'll play

You should record your scores on the scorecard while you're still standing on, or near, the green of the hole you just completed

false

The two categories of swing techniques are

full swing and short game

Stance open, ball forward, clubface open

greenside bunker

Releasing the hinge and delivering the clubhead to the golf ball

impact

According to this text, in the absence of experience demonstrating poise in all situations comes from

preparedness

____ is a power leak that occurs when weight isn't effectively transferred with rotation, but instead by a lateral shift, during the downswing

sliding

If you are on the putting green and strike your ball and it contacts another ball, there is a penalty assessed to _____

you