Apron or fringe : The band of grass at the approach to the green that is longer than the green itself.
Bandit : Someone who plays lower than their handicap suggests.
Barnes Wallace : This is when a ball bounces across a water hazard.
Bite, munch or take a seat : This is a phrase often heard from golfers after a shot towards the green has been taken, in which they would like the ball to stop or slow down. These are phrases used especially among professionals.
Dance Floor : An alternative name for the putting green.
Ferret or Skunk : This may be heard if someone chips the ball into the hole from off the green.
Golden Ferret : This is similar to a 'Ferret' except it is when a bunker shot is holed.
Jungle, brillo or bundi : A term used to describe the rough.
Sandie : Similar to an "Up & Down", refers to chipping onto the green from the bunker and 1-putting.
Stymie : This was a common phrase said before the allowance of ball markers. It occurred when a golfer's ball was blocking the other's line of putt. This is now avoided since the allowance of ball markers.
Taxi : This is a term which may be shouted when a golf ball races past the hole, in the intention of holing it.
Up & Down : This term refers to the accomplishment of chipping onto the green and making a 1-put, thus going up, and down.
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