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Ball in Play : The ball you have in play, of course, even if you have illegally substituted one ball for another.
A ball is considered in play from the moment you make a stroke at it from the teeing ground until you hole out. The exceptions are when it is lost, out of bounds or lifted, or another ball has been substituted.
"Ball in play" is a term used frequently throughout the Rules of Golf, and there are a lot of penalties for doing things you aren't supposed to with a ball in play. So unless you are certain that you are allowed to lift a ball or otherwise influence a ball in play (other that making a stroke), don't mess with it.
Ball Mark : The indentation that a ball makes on a green upon landing. Typically, this occurs on high approach shots struck with mid- to long irons, or on approach shots from a greater distance struck with fairway woods. But it can occur with any club, particularly on soft greens. Ball marks should be repaired using special tools made for that purpose in order for the green to properly heal. It is also customary to repair other ball marks (other than your own) if you notice them on a green.
Alternate Spellings: Ballmark
Ball Retriever : A utensil most commonly carried, naturally, by players who hit a lot of balls into the water. It's essentially a long pole with a small scoop on the end that allows a player to "reach" into a water hazard to retrieve golf balls that would otherwise be lost. The pole is usually made of a telescoping metal.
Ball Striker : Every golfer is a ballstriker, natch. But when you hear this term used - "so-and-so is a great ballstriker" - it is referring to a golfer's abilities in the full swing. See the definition of ball striking for more explanation.
Alternate Spellings: Ball striker
Ball Striking : Most simply put, "ball striking" is just a reference to the full swing. A golfer who is said to be a great ballstriker is one who excels at the full swing.
A little more in-depth, ball striking refers to a golfer's ability to put the clubface on the ball at impact in the desired manner, time after time, and with great command. When you hear that this or that golfer is a great ballstriker, there is also the implication that the golfer can make the ball do what he or she wants - that the golfer possesses a great ability to work the ball (producing the desired amount of fade or draw, for example). Which goes back to the above: put the clubface on the ball at impact in the desired manner, time after time, and with great command.
Ben Hogan and Lee Trevino are often offered up as examples of the greatest ballstrikers because they were highly gifted at the full swing shots - they had extraordinary consistency in their swings, and were able, with great precision, to make the ball go where they wanted it to go.
Ball striking is also a statistical category tracked by professional golf tours that is a measure of a golfer's combined abilities in driving and hitting greens.
To produce its Ball Striking rankings, the PGA Tour combines a player's ranking in Total Driving and Greens in Regulation. For example, Player A ranks 17th in Total Driving and first in GIR. Add those two numbers together for a value of 18. If that's the lowest such value, then Player A is No. 1 in Ball Striking.
Ball Washer : A device commonly found beside tee boxes for cleaning golf balls. Golfers place a golf ball into a slot and, most typically, turn a crank or pull a plunger up and down. The ball is washed in a detergent solution and scraped by bristles. A towel is usually attached for drying.
Also Known As: Ball cleaner, ball cleanser.
Alternate Spellings: Ballwasher.
Banana ball : A looping slice.
Barber : A player that talks to the point of annoyance.
"Barkies" are side bets that are won by a golfer who makes par on a hole on which he's hit a tree. Most groups playing Barkies stipulate that leaves don't count - the ball must make contact with wood. A double barkie is worth twice the bet and involves making par despite hitting two trees on the same hole.
Of course, no golfer wants to hit a tree, so Barkies are not things that a golfer sets out to do. But it can add a fun side game to a round of golf and is a good reward for a golfer who recovers for par after hitting a tree.
Also Known As: Woodies, Seve's
"Barranca" is a term that describes a physical feature of the land on which a golf course is built. A barranca is a dry ditch, gully or ravine that is filled with rocks. Sometimes barrancas are a mixture of smaller rocks, sandy soil and desert plants. When barrancas are present on a golf course, they usually are positioned to cross a fairway. How they are played is usually covered in local rules, but the norm is for a barranca to play as a hazard.
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