Golf Terms every junior golfer should be familiar with. If you understand the language - you will understand the rules.

Ace: A hole in one, and a good reason to celebrate.
Address:When a golfer takes his stance and lines up the club to take a stroke.
Albatross:Three strokes under par for a given hole.
Approach: Hitting the ball at the green.
Apron: The short fringe surrounding the green, which isolates it from the fairway.
Away: The away ball is the one that is furthest from the hole when more than one golfer is playing. It usually is played first.

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Back Nine: The last nine holes of an 18 hole course
Backswing:When the golfer takes the club away from the addressed ball, continues until the club is moved back towards to ball.
Ball Marker: Any small object used to mark a ball's position on the green prior to it being picked up.
Ball Washer: An instrument used to clean golf balls.
Beach:A sand bunker.
Birdie: One under par for the hole.
Blind Hole: When the golfer cannot see the green when having to play an approach shot.
Bogey: One over par for the hole.
Break: The path a putt must follow over a contour in the green in order to go in the hole.
Bunker: A hazard filled by sand or grass that is placed where a fairway shot may end (by a green or driving distance from the tee).

Carry: The distance that the ball travels in the air after being struck.
Casual Water: Water on the course that is not a water hazard (such puddles after rain).
Chip: Hitting the ball into the air with enough flight to land on the green and roll across the green towards the hole.
Chip and Run: A shot played like a chip over a greater distance.
Cup: The hole in the green into which the ball is eventually putted.

Dimple: The indentations on the surface of a golf ball which affects it's flight characteristics.
Divot: A piece of turf lifted when ball is struck - typically on fairway, played to create backspin.
Dogleg: A hole where the fairway hooks to the left or right thus obscuring the green from the tee.
Double Bogey: Two shots over the hole par.

Eagle: To score two under par for a hole.
Fairway: The playing area between the tee and the green, does not include hazards.

Fringe: The short fringe surrounding the green, which isolates it from the fairway.
Front Nine: The first nine holes of an 18 hole course.

Get Legs: A term used by golfers to encourage the ball to roll when they suspect it may stop short.
Gimmie: When an opponent decides that it is not necessary to play the next shot, normally because you are close to the hole.

Handicap Player: A golfer who has a recognized handicap awarded by a Golf Club.
Hole In One: The ball goes straight into the hole from your tee shot.

Lie: The position of the ball at rest.
Lip: The edge of the hole.

Mulligan: When a player is allowed to reply any one shot per hole.

Par: The number of shots a low handicapper should take for a hole or round. The hole par is measured by the number of shots needed to reach the green plus two for the putting. The round par is calculated by adding all the hole par's together.
Penalty Stroke: A stroke added to a player's score due to a rule infringement, taking relief from a hazard or an unplayable lie.
Pin: The pole in the center of the green with a flag attached.
Pitch: To the ball is hit high into the air onto the green using a lofted club.
Provisional Ball: The playing of a second ball from the same place as the first because the player is unsure of what may have happened to the first ball (i.e. it may be lost).
Putt: Act of hitting golf ball on the green.

Rough: The high grass area adjacent to the fairway and green.

Sand Trap: A sand bunker.
Sit Down: A term which the golfer says to the ball to encourage it to land or stop rolling.
Skull: Hitting the ball above it's center, thus making it fly very low to the ground.
Stance: To place your feet in preparation for a swing.
Sweet Spot: The preferred spot on the club face with which to strike the ball.

Takeaway: When the clubhead is moved back from the ball at the start of a swing.
Tee: A small peg stuck into the ground on which a golf ball is placed. Also area where golfers play first stroke of any given hole.

Under Par: Taking less shots than par on a given hole or for the whole round.
Under Clubbing: Hitting the ball short of the target aimed at.

Water Hazard: Ponds, lakes, rivers or ditches on the course, always marked by yellow or blue posts.
Whiff: Missing the ball during a swing.