Grip: First, the part of the handle covered with leather by which the club is grasped; second, the grasp itself.
Gutty: A gutta-percha golf ball.
Half-one: A handicap of a stroke deducted every second hole.
Half-shot: Less than a full or a three-quarter shot.
Halved: A hole is said to be "halved" when each side takes the same number of strokes. A "halved match" is a "drawn game"—that is, the players have proved to be equal.
Hanging ball: A "hanging" ball is one which lies on a downward slope in the direction in which the hole lies.
Hazard: A general term for bunkers, long grass, roads, water, sand, whin, mole-hill, or other bad ground. (Rule 15).
Head: A head is the lowest part of a club and possesses, among other mysterious characteristics, a sole, a heel, a toe or nose, a neck, and a face!
Heel: First, the part of the head nearest the shaft; second, to hit from this part, thus sending the ball to the right hand.
Hole: First, the hole lined with iron; second, the whole space between any teeing-ground and the hole in connection therewith.