Caddie Manual - Western Golf Association

PULL - A shot, hit straight by a right-handed player, butto the left of the target.PUSH - A shot, hit straight by a right-handed player, butto the right of the target.PUTTING GREEN - Includes all of the ground surroundingthe hole being played which is specially preparedfor putting or otherwise defined as such. A ball is on theputting green when any part of it touches the puttinggreen surface.ROUGH - Area of long, heavy grass that surrounds thefairway and putting green.SLICE - A shot, hit by a right-handed player, which curvesseverely right.STANCE - The position of the feet at time of address.STROKE - Forward movement of the club made with theintent of striking the ball.STROKE PLAY - Competition in which results are determinedby the number of strokes played. Also referred toas MEDAL PLAY.TEE - A peg (usually wooden) used to support a ball onthe teeing area. Also the teeing ground.TEEING GROUND - Often called the tee or tee box,it is the starting point for each hole on the course. It isrectangular in shape, and two club lengths in depth. Thefront and sides are indicated by tee markers.THROUGH THE GREEN - The whole area of the courseexcept the teeing area and putting green of the hole beingplayed, and all hazards.(THE) TURN - After nine holes, a group makes “the turn”between the front and back sides.WATER HAZARD - Any area, lake, pond, river, ditch oropen water course, whether or not it contains water, isdesignated to be a water hazard. Lateral water hazards,defined by red lines and/or stakes, run alongside a hole.Water hazards, defined by yellow lines and/or stakes,cross the fairway or are in front of the green. A ball is ina hazard if it touches the line which forms the boundaryof the hazard.19