Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

Bets lengthen putts and shorten drives.

Handicap: an allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

Follow through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.

Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.