Golf Terminology - W

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Waggle

A pre-shot routine where a player adjusts his body, the club, and/or practice swings at the ball.

We Are Golf

A coalition formed by the Club Managers Association of America, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, the National Golf Course Owners Association, and The PGA of America to highlight the economic and social impacts of the game of golf.

Wedge

A type of golf club; a subset of iron designed for short range strokes. Of all the categories of clubs, wedges have faces with the highest degrees of loft.

Whiff

An attempt to strike the ball where the player fails to make contact with the ball. A whiff must be counted as a stroke.

Winter rules

See Preferred lies

Wood

A type of club where the head is generally bulbous in shape except for the club-face. Named because the head was originally made of wood, although almost all are now metal. Of all the categories of clubs, woods have faces with the lowest degrees of loft.

Worm Burner

A shot that is hit remarkably low and sometimes hard.