Golf Terminology - I

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In contention

A player with a chance of winning a tournament is said to be "in contention".

Interlocking grip

Grip style where (for right-handed players) the pinkie finger of the right hand is hooked around the index finger of the left.

Inward nine

The back nine holes of a golf course, so named because older links courses were designed to come back "in" toward the clubhouse after going "out" on the front nine.

Iron

A club with a flat-faced solid metal head generally numbered from 1 to 9 indicating increasing loft.