Page 5 of GLOSSARY DEFINITIONS
Away : When playing in a group of two or more, being the farthest away from the hole. The player whose ball is farthest away - whether in the fairway or on the green - is said to be away. The player who is away plays first.
Also Known As: Out
Examples: The Golf Guide was away, so he played first. "Who's out?" the Golf Guide asked. "You're away," his playing partner replied.
B
Back Nine : In most usages, the final nine holes of an 18-hole golf course. On some occasions, a tournament round of golf might begin on No. 10 rather than No. 1. In those instances, the "back nine" would refer to final nine holes played, regardless of which holes they were.
Backspin : The backward rotation of the golf ball in flight along its horizontal axis (the top of the ball is rotating back towards the player), or the measured rate of that rotation. Most golfers think of backspin more in relation to wedges - backspin is what causes some wedge shots to "back up" on the green, or roll backwards after hitting the green. But all clubs produce backspin. When the clubface makes contact with the ball, the ball slides up the clubface and is "gripped" by the club's grooves, which imparts backspin. The more lofted a club is, the more backspin it will produce. Aerodynamically, backspin produces lift which creates greater carry.
Back Swing : The first part of the swing, when the club is taken away from the ball to behind the shoulder.
Backweight : Any weight attached to the back of the head of a golf club. A backweight serves to redistribute weight to the rear of a clubhead. In a driver, backweighting influences the center of gravity, lowering it and moving it back from the face, which can help those golfers who have trouble getting the ball airborne. In a putter, a backweight is most often employed to increase moment of inertia, or a clubhead's resistance to twisting. This can help those who have trouble hitting their putts in the center of the putter face. Clubs made to appeal to mid- and high- handicappers often feature backweighting properties.
Alternate Spellings: Back weight
The Baffie is the wooden-shafted historical (pre-20th Century) golf club that is most equivalent to a modern 4-wood. A modern 4-wood is not accurately called a baffie, however - the baffie is simply the historical club whose appearance, loft and use match best with today's 4-wood.
Source: British Golf Museum
Also Known As: Baffy, baffing spoon, wooden cleek
"Baffler" : A four-wood (4W).
"Bag Raid" , a k a Pick Up Sticks, is a match play game between two players. It's pretty simple: Every time a player wins a hole, his opponent gets to choose one club from his bag and remove that club from play.
Example: After A wins the first hole, B removes A's pitching wedge from play. For the rest of the round, A cannot use that pitching wedge.
Any club can be chosen, but most players give immunity to the putter (otherwise it would be the first club to go, and putting is hard enough without having to do it without a putter).
The strategy - well, aside from the strategy of not losing holes - is to first remove from your opponent's bag the clubs which he's most comfortable and best with.
When playing Bag Raid, make sure you carry the maximum allowed 14 clubs at the start of the round.
Bag Raid can be a good game for learning creative shots and practicing draws, fades, punch shots and the like.
Because by the turn - unless you're winning every hole - you'll be playing shots for which you may no longer have the appropriate club.
Also Known As: Pick Up Sticks
"Bail Out" : To play your shot to a safe area away from a potential hazard. If there is a water hazard up the fairway to the left, for example, you might "bail out" by playing your shot well to the right to avoid trouble.
Alternate Spellings: Bailout
Bail-Out Area : An area built into a golf hole that is designed to serve as the target for weaker or shorter players when better players will be playing a riskier shot. Picture a hole where the approach to the green is across water. Better players might play straight at the green, flying the hazard. But a weaker player probably won't be able to pull off the shot. So the course designer builds into the hole an extension of the fairway short of the green, to the side of the water hazard, so that weaker players have a safer shot to attempt. That's an example of a bail-out area.
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