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RLCS Principal & Administrator
Secrets of Great Golf ‐ Math's P.1
Gentleman Only; Ladies Forbidden? P.2
Terminology & WIN a rugby book! P.3
Logos Golf Day Details P.4
Partner & Sponsorships Spoils Galore P.5
In AcƟon at the Robertson Golf Club
WEB SOLUTIONS
Secrets of Great Golf
Golf is also a game of
Math's.
This formula will help your
game, D=nxP2.
This formula illustrates the
odds of hi ng a duffed shot
increase by the square of the
number of people watching!
THE LANGUAGE OF GOLF
Gentlemen Only; Ladies Forbidden
Is the word 'golf' an acronym
formed from 'gentlemen only; ladies forbidden'?
Sorry
guys,
according
to
snopes.com this claim is FALSE. Ac‐
ronyms are a 20th century phenom‐
enon. Games similar to golf have
been around since Roman mes
and were played in China, with ear‐
lier versions of the game da ng to
Scotland. The Scots may have bor‐
rowed the term from their medie‐
val Dutch trading partners that
called the club they played “ice‐
hockey” with, a "kolf."
The earliest known reference to
golf by name comes from King
James II of Scotland, who, in 1457,
issued a ban on the playing of golf
and football (soccer). Those games,
the king complained, were keeping
his archers from their prac ce. This
ban on golf was re‐issued by James
III in 1471 and James IV in 1491.
Musselburg Links, east of Edin‐
burgh, claims to be the world’s old‐
est golf course s ll in use today.
But, the game as we know it
“officially” dates back to 1552 when
the famous St. Andrews course in
Scotland was constructed.
The Scots gave us “pu ”, from a
word meaning to propel forward.
“Caddie” derives from the Scots
form of cadet, a young man. The
warning call “Fore!” may issue from
the employing of “forecaddies” to
walk ahead to watch where the ball
lands.
The Scots however can’t claim
“Fairway”, an English marine term
for the navigable part of a harbor or
river.
“Bogey” (a score for a hole of one
over par) hails from 1890 and was
coined at the Great Yarmouth Golf
Club. The term “Bogey” is named
for the mischievous bogeyman, a
monster whom the successful golf‐
er has to vanquish.
A “Bogey” originally meant the tar‐
get score for each hole. With im‐
proved golf balls, good golfers be‐
gan to regularly beat the bogey, so
“par” (meaning standard, from the
La n for equal) was introduced for
a lower target score. Leading to a
bogey coming to mean a score of
one shot over par.
The United States gave us
“Birdie” (one below par). Golfing
legend has it that round about 1900
some golfers at the Atlan c City
Country Club in New Jersey de‐
clared a shot that led to a score of
one below par to be “a bird”. This
followed with a two under par be‐
coming an “eagle” and three under
par an “albatross”.
The word "links" does come from
the Scots language and refers to an
area of coastal sand dunes and
some mes to open parkland. An
area of land "links" the land with
the sea.
Typically the land, due to its sandy Golf “DefiniƟons”
Golf: A 5 mile walk punctu‐
ated with disappointments
Fairway: An unfamiliar tract
of closely mowed grass run‐
ning from the tee to the
green. Your ball is usually
found immediately to the
le or right of it
Oxymoron: An easy par‐3
PracƟce Tee: A place where
golfers go to convert a nasty
hook into a wicked slice
Mulligan: Invented by an
Irishman who wanted to hit
one more 20‐yard grounder
Gimme: Can best be defined
as an agreement between
two golfers...neither of
whom can pu very well.
GOLF QUOTE
“Golf is a puzzle without an
answer. I've played the
game for 40 years and I sƟll
haven't the slightest idea
how to play. “ Gary Player
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nature was unsuitable for building
houses, and equally unsuitable for
farmland due to the salt content of
the turf.
Links golf falls into two categories.
Firstly the nature of the courses
themselves, which tend to be char‐
acterised by uneven fairways, thick
rough and small deep bunkers
known as "pot bunkers". Secondly,
due to their coastal loca on many
links courses are frequently windy.
This affects the style of play re‐
quired, favouring players who are
able to play low accurate shots. As
many links courses consist literally
of an "outward" nine in one direc‐
on along the coast, and an
"inward" nine which returns in the
opposite direc on, players o en
have to cope with opposite wind
pa erns in each half of their round.
GOLFING TERMINOLOGY
Amateur Side: Refers to the low side of the
hole on a breaking pu . Amateur golfers
o en hit a pu too lightly, so that it breaks
away before it reaches the hole, never
having had a chance to fall in.
Cut Shot: A controlled shot that moves
from le to right (right to le if you swing
le ‐handed). Unfortunately, a golfer usual‐
ly needs to plan a cut shot, instead of ask‐
ing for one as the ball heads le of the
green into the water.
Dance Floor: If you hit a beau ful ball on a
part three that lands on the green, smile
and say "I'm on the dance floor, baby."
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Worm burner: A long, low shot
that leaves carpet burns and be‐
headed worms on the fairway.
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Take the Elevator: Usually spoken to a
shot that needs to rise quickly because it is
hit over trees.
Fried egg: A ball that lands in the sand
trap, so that only the top half is showing.
The rest of the fried egg is made by the
ring of sprayed sand created by the impact.
Greenie: A par three bet where the players
compete to see who can hit their ball clos‐
est to the pin. Some play that the winner
must make par or be er.
Hook: A shot trajectory caused by a coun‐
ter‐clockwise rota on of the ball
(clockwise for le ies) that makes it travel
from right to le (le to right for le ies). A
slight hook is called a draw, while an exag‐
gerated hook is called a duck hook.
In the leather: Measurement of the pu er
grip used to determine if a pu is a gim‐
mie. Old school golfers just hit the ball in
the hole.
Knockdown: A shot that has a shortened
follow‐through to produce a low, slightly
Yips: A stress condi on affec ng a
golfer's hands that don't allow
them to make any pu s under
three feet.
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The draw will take place at
the RLCS Golf Day Awards
Ceremony on Saturday 18
February 2012.
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