--- title: 13 Golf Terms You May Not Know description: Say one of these golf terms on the course and your friends might think you've been golfing for a lot longer than you have been. image: https://blog.nextgengolf.org/hubfs/confused_golfer-454148-edited.jpg --- [![nextgengolf-white-logo.png](https://nextgengolf.org/wp-content/themes/theme46788/images/nextgengolf-white-logo.png "nextgengolf-white-logo.png")](https://nextgengolf.org/) - [NCCGA](https://nextgengolf.org/college-golf/nccga/) - [City Tour](http://nextgengolf.org/city-tour) - [Blog](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/) - [About](https://nextgengolf.org/about-us/) - [About Us](https://nextgengolf.org/about-us/) - [Press](https://nextgengolf.org/press/) - [Golf Jobs](https://nextgengolf.org/job-board/) - Resources - [Golf Equipment Deals](https://nextgengolf.org/golf-equipment-deals-nextgengolf-members/) - [Find Golf Discounts](https://nextgengolf.org/best-golf-discounts-in-each-state/) - [Indoor Golf Facilities](https://nextgengolf.org/app/find-indoor-golf-facilities) # Everyone can use a little golf help Subscribe NCCGA City Tour Industry Subscribe Enter a valid email address - [College Golf](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/college-golf) - [Golf Help](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-help) - [Golf Industry](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-industry) - [All Topics](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/topics) - [New Posts](https://blog.nextgengolf.org) - [College Golf](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/college-golf) - [Golf Help](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-help) - [Golf Industry](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-industry) # [13 Golf Terms You May Not Know](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-help/13-golf-terms-you-may-not-know) By [Nextgengolf](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-help/author/nextgengolf) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![13 Golf Terms You May Not Know](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/hubfs/confused_golfer-454148-edited.jpg)](https://blog.nextgengolf.org/golf-help/13-golf-terms-you-may-not-know) Everyone is busy planning for the summer golf season. And here at [Nextgengolf](https://nextgengolf.org/) we want to make sure you're prepared—golf lingo and all. Here's 13 golf terms you may not know, but hey, they could come in handy during your next golf round. ***Army Golf*** A golfer that hits shots like troops march: left, right, left, right, etc. ***Breakfast ball*** A mulligan during an early morning round. Sometimes before you’ve had breakfast. ***Bullarding*** Playing consistently above your regular handicap or regularly failing to achieve it in competition play. The opposite of sandbagging. ***Chicken Stick*** A play-it-safe club...because you’re too chicken to go for it. ***Condor*** A four-under [par](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_golf#Par) shot; for example, a hole-in-one on a par 5. ***Ferret*** Hole-out from outside the green complex. ***Frenchie[![Golf Terms Beach Shot - Plunk](https://nextgengolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/golf-terms-beach-shot-225x300.jpg "Golf Terms Beach Shot - Plunk")](https://nextgengolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/golf-terms-beach-shot-225x300.jpg)*** The act of hitting a golf ball that ricochets off a tree back onto the fairway. ***Goldie Bounce*** When the bal l strikes a tree deep in the rough and bounces out onto the fairway [![Looking for golf tournaments?](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/525111/75cd5c99-e165-4d3d-a2a1-9a4ddd2f5fc1.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/525111/75cd5c99-e165-4d3d-a2a1-9a4ddd2f5fc1) ***Plunk*** A lie where the ball is on the lip of a lake or other water hazard. ***Sabbath Sticks*** Golf enthusiasts' answer to the Church of Scotland’s discouraging golfing on Sundays. Clubs were disguised as walking sticks, the club head comfortably fitting in the palm of the golfer's hand, until feeling unobserved, the stick was reversed and a few strokes were played. ***Stony*** An English golf term dating back to the late 1800's which means, a shot that lands close to the flagstick. ***Texas wedge*** [Texas](https://nextgengolf.org/app/regions/dallas) courses had a reputation, back in the days of Hogan and earlier, for dry, hard fairways. Therefore, the putter, rather than a wedge, might be a better choice from because of the firmness of the ground. ***Worm burner*** A shot that is hit remarkably low and sometimes hard. What did you think of this article about golf terms you may not know? Send us a tweet @nextgolfer and let us know whart you thought. 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