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A golf scoring system that allocates one point to the winner of each 9 holes and
one to the winner of the 18. This system is a favourite among high-stakes bettors.
Of course, no one on a golf course with even the remotest idea of what constitutes
proper behaviour in the game of golf would dream of placing a wager on the outcome
of a round. However, since there is no one on any golf course who has even the
remotest idea of what constitutes proper behaviour in the game of golf, betting
is universal.
Nasty A
nasty is a junk bet you can cash in on if you hole a shot from off
the putting surface and your score for that hole equals par or better.
Natural, a
A birdie made without the aid of any handicap strokes. Naturally, a natural
always seems to happen on the tough holes, where handicap strokes are given.
Easier holes, where no handicap strokes are available, often produce natural
triple bogies.
Neck, the Another
way of saying hosel, or the socket in the head of a club where the shaft
is inserted.
Needle When
you are verbally teasing and taunting your opponents, you are needling them
or sticking in the needle. A good needier can really get under the
skin of his competition.
Never up, never
in Admonition used after a putt is left short. In other words, another way
to state the obvious.
19th Hole
- The only hole on which golfers do not complain about the number of shots they
took, or the place where most golfers find their best lies.
Nip it When
you hit an iron shot without taking a divot, you have nipped it. Good golfers
do this in an attempt to minimise backspin; bad golfers do it by accident.
Nuked When
you hit a shot that achieves the absolute maximum distance for that club, you
have nuked it. During the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick, eventual
champion and big hitter John Daly was nuking his sand wedge to the tune
of 148 yards. That's big\
Numbers
- A player's score after the subtraction of his or her handicap from the Gross
Score is the Net Score. Adding strokes for each Mulligan yields the True Score.
If whiffs and fluffs are also counted, the resulting tabulation is the Real Score.
If strokes for lost balls, improved lies, and shots hit out of bounds are included
as well, the grand total is the Actual Score. This number, when adjusted upward
to reflect all gimme putts, becomes the Correct Score. When all the strokes made
in sand traps and around obstructions are tacked on, this larger sum is the Absolute,
Final, Honest-to-Goodness Score, which is usually only a halfdozen or so strokes
lower than the total number of shots the player in fact made.
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