Dance Floor: Also known as the green, it’s that place you want your golf ball doing a tango with the pin. If
your ball is on the very edge of green, you are on the dance floor, but cannot hear the band.
Double Cross: When you try to hit a fade but end up hitting a hook and then all hell breaks loose.
Duck hook: A really, really, really bad snap hook often accompanied by your golf buddies’ quacking
sounds. As Lee Trevino once said, “You can talk to a fade, but a hook won’t listen.” The duck hook even
talks back.
Flop shot: A short game shot used around the green to loft a golf ball high in the air so that it will land
softly on the putting surface. By opening up the clubface and taking a full swing, you’ll either make a
lovely flop shot or skull the ball toward one of your partners on the other side of the green. FORE!
Flyer: A golf shot that literally flies too far. Usually the result of catching a “flyer lie,” when grass gets
trapped between the clubface and ball at impact, impeding the grooves on your club to spin the ball. You
can spot a “flyer lie” when you see thick rough growing in the same direction as the intended flight of
your ball.
Foot Wedge: Also known as the golfer’s 15th club, employing the foot wedge is the not-so-legal action of
kicking your golf ball into a more favorable spot before hitting it.
Fried Egg: A golf ball buried in the bunker. Upon entering the bunker to hit this shot, we suggest asking
your foursome “where’s my shot?”
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