Links: The ground on which golf is played.
Loft: To send the ball into the air.
Long odds: When a player has to play a stroke more than his adversary, who is much farther on—that is, nearer the hole.
Long game: Driving from the tee and playing through the green.
Mashie: An iron club with a deep, short blade.
Match: First, the sides playing against each other: second, the game itself. Match play reckoning the score by holes.
Medal play: Reckoning the score by strokes.
Miss the globe: To fail to strike the ball is counted a stroke.
Neck: The bent part of the head where it joins the shaft.