what is golf mulligan means?
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It means you can try again on shot (usually a drive) that goes awry without adding a point to your score. Usually you can only take one (maybe two) Mulligan(s) per round. Be advised, this is only for use in a friendly game - not in a tournament or other serious game. You cannot take a Mulligan if you are submitting your scores for handicapping.
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Hello Jimmy\n\nBasic rules are to treat every one with respect , dont interfere with anothers swing, play the ball where it lies , furthest away plays first and lowest score is best. Always repair your divots and ball marks and at least one more so you can leave the course in better shape then befor you started.\n\nI would suggest reading up on some of the USGA rules at the USGA web site,,,,,,\n\nhttp://www.USGA.org\n\nThere are tons of rules but follow the above and you will enjoy your game.\n\nLeon \n\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://www.usga.org
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I know you're looking for jokes, I just wanted to be serious a second and point out that golf doesn't actually stand for anything.\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.htm\n\n(Cool, I'm glad it wasn't a bringdown from a joke post.)
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Check out what they say at golfcourse.com
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What does this have to do with Golf?
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Golf originated in Scotland and has been played for at least five centuries in the British Isles. The oldest course in the world is The Old Links at Musselburgh. Golf, in essentially the form we know it today, has been played on Scotland's Musselburgh Links since 1672, and earlier versions of the game have been played in the British Isles and the low-countries of Northern Europe for several centuries before that. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is an increasingly popular sport that can be played for one's entire life.
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The best advice I can give to anyoen trying to play the game is try your hardest to not get frustrated over the little things and be patient.  Golf is a game that is played on a fraction of millimeters.  One millimeter the wrong way and your ball will be yards away from where you wanted to hit it.
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In common with others, the Historical Dictionary of Golfing Terms (1993) believes that "Birdie" comes from the 19th century American slang term "bird", meaning anything excellent.\n"Eagle" is the extension of the theme of birds for good scores from a "Birdie". A score of two under Par is, in some ways, a 'big birdie' and an Eagle is a big bird.\nThree under Par is a very rare score and an Albatross is a very rare bird, and now three under Par is generally referred to an "Albatross".
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it's a golfing term. par is the 'norm' for the hole you are playing. 'below par' means that you have taken too many shots for the hole, which is therfore bad
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While there are no gimmie putts, there are a few gimmes in golf.\n\nThree that come to my mind are:\n\n1.Gimme another beer.\n2.Gimmie quiet (from the volunteer at tournaments who holds up the quiet sign)\n3. Gimme a minute to pee in the bush.
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You do not want to be in a pro shop, instructor, or sales rep for golf business if you love to  play a lot.  That's like giving an a recovering drunk a job in a bar.  You want a job that allows you to take clients out to play golf.  A banker
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It's a golfing term. \nhttp://www.betheball.com/\n\n"There is a force in the universe that makes things happen...and all you have to do is get in touch with it.  Stop thinking...let things happen...and Be the Ball."\nTy Webb (Chevy Chase), Caddyshack \n\nTy Webb: Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball. You're not being the ball Danny.\n\nDanny Noonan: It's hard when you're talking like that.\n\nHow To Be A Topflight Golf Photographer - Be The Ball\nhttp://www.golflink.com/golf-tips/tips/photo-tips-001.asp\n\nBe the Ball-An Audio Recording for Better Golf\n\nThe sports psychologist's have been coaching golfers on mental techniques such as relaxation, visualization, and swing cues for years and have been stressing that the sport is 90% mental. Be The Ball is a 40-minute compilation of these techniques in an easy to use format. Benefits realized from the tape include learning to relax and focus before each shot, freeing your mind from last second adjustments, being able to swing freely with confidence and utilizing a simple way to determine the speed of a putt.\n\nhttp://www.simplyaudiobooks.com/audio-books/Be+the+Ball-An+Audio+Recording+for+Better+Golf/22644/
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Golf is not an acronym. See:
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Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw used to play a game to help improve bunker shots and chip shots.  The first person hit the ball as close to the selected target without going past.  The next person can't pass the other person's ball.  So the shot keeps getting shorter until someone hit's it to far.  The person will lose the bet
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The max is 14, if you start with less than 14 you can add clubs until you hit 14 during the round.  You can not share clubs, unless it's with a partner.  When you share clubs you cannot have more than 14 between the people sharing.  starting around knowing you have more than 14 clubs is DQ.  Not knowing is 2 strokes per hole with a max of 4 strokes.  Matach play loss of hole max 2.  That is how someone can be 4 holes ahead after only playing 2.  \n\n\n   a. Selection and Addition of Clubs\nThe player must start a stipulated round with not more than 14 clubs. He is limited to the clubs thus selected for that round except that, if he started with fewer than 14 clubs, he may add any number provided his total number does not exceed 14.\nThe addition of a club or clubs must not unduly delay play (Rule 6-7) and the player must not add or borrow any club selected for play by any other person playing on the course.\n b. Partners May Share Clubs\nPartners may share clubs, provided that the total number of clubs carried by the partners so sharing does not exceed 14.\nPENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE 4-4a or b, \nREGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF EXCESS CLUBS CARRIED: \nMatch play ;— At the conclusion of the hole at which the breach is discovered, the state of the match is adjusted by deducting one hole for each hole at which a breach occurred. Maximum deduction per round: Two holes.\nStroke play — Two strokes for each hole at which any breach occurred; maximum penalty per round: Four strokes.\nBogey and par competitions — Penalties as in match play.\nStableford competitions — see Note 1 to Rule 32-1b. \n c. Excess Club Declared Out of Play\nAny club or clubs carried or used in breach of Rule 4-3a(iii) or Rule 4-4 must be declared out of play by the player to his opponent in match play or his marker or a fellow-competitor in stroke play immediately upon discovery that a breach has occurred. The player must not use the club or clubs for the remainder of the stipulated round. \nPenalty For Breach Of Rule 4-4c:\nDisqualification.\n\n\nQ. A player starts a round with 15 clubs. He discovers his error at the 2nd tee after his opponent or a fellow-competitor has played but before he has played. Does the player incur the maximum penalty of (a) deduction of two holes in match play or (b) four strokes in stroke play?\n\nA. No. Since the player has not started play of the 2nd hole, he incurs a penalty of (a) deduction of one hole in match play or (b) two strokes in stroke play.\n\n4-4a/12 Competitor Who Misplaces Putter Borrows Fellow-Competitor’s Putter\n\n\nQ. In stroke play, A, who had mistakenly left his putter at the previous green, borrows a putter from B, a fellow-competitor, and uses it. At the next tee, the Committee is advised of the situation. What is the ruling?\n\nA. A was not entitled to borrow a club selected for play by any other person on the course — Rule 4-4a. A incurs a penalty of two strokes for a breach of Rule 4-4a and must immediately declare B’s putter out of play as prescribed in Rule 4-4c. If A recovers his own putter, he may use it.\nB may have his putter returned to him and use it for the remainder of the round.\n\n4-4a/13 Player Practices with Another Player’s Club\n\n\nQ. A player starts a round with 14 clubs. Between the play of two holes he borrows another player’s putter and makes several practice putts on the putting green of the hole last played. What is the ruling?\n\nA. There is no penalty. Such practice putting is permitted by Rule 7-2. The borrowing of the putter does not breach Rule 4-4a since the putter was not used to make a stroke that counted in the player’s score. (Revised)\n\n4-4a/14 Player Carries Pieces of Broken Club\n\n\nQ. A player starts a round with 14 clubs as well as a club that had been broken into pieces prior to the start of the round, but had not yet been removed from his bag. What is the ruling?\n\nA. The Rules do not contemplate such a situation. In these circumstances, in equity
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That guy had a complicated answer. Here's what it means simply:\n\nYou are three holes up on your oponent with two holes left to play. \n\nTherefore the match is over because you are winning by more holes than there are remaining, therefore the final score is 3 and 2.
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"shoot the moon" is a phrase from a card game. It refers to the card game Hearts. To "shoot the moon" one takes all the hearts (13) and the queen of spades in the course of the thirteen tricks. This gives your opponents 26 points each, which is a good thing since in Hearts low score wins.