A mulligan is a do-over. You hit a bad shot, and instead of playing it as it lies, you tee it up again and take another go, with no penalty added to your score. It’s one of the most widely known terms in golf, and also one of the most misunderstood, because a mulligan isn’t…
Ready golf is playing your shot when you’re ready, rather than waiting for the strict order dictated by who’s furthest from the hole. It’s the single biggest thing amateur golfers can do to speed up a round, and it’s now written into the Rules of Golf as an accepted way to play, not just a…
A golf bandit is a player who deliberately keeps their handicap higher than their real ability, so they receive more strokes than they should in a handicap competition. It’s considered one of the more frustrating forms of gamesmanship in club golf, since it undermines the whole point of a fair handicap system. How A Player…
LIV is the Roman numeral for 54, and the name refers directly to the 54-hole format the league uses for every event, three rounds instead of the traditional four played on golf’s other major tours. Why LIV Chose A Roman Numeral Using LIV rather than simply writing “54” gave the league a distinctive brand name…
A bogey competition is a scoring format where you play against the course’s par on every hole, rather than against the other players directly. Your final result is measured in how many holes you won, lost, or halved against bogey, not your total stroke count. How A Bogey Competition Is Scored In a bogey competition,…
An ace is a hole completed in a single shot, straight from the tee. Most golfers know it by its more common name, a hole-in-one, but “ace” is the term you’ll hear used interchangeably on any course. How An Ace Actually Happens An ace can only happen on a par 3. The ball has to…
A stimpmeter is the tool greenkeepers use to measure how fast a putting green is. It’s a simple metal ramp, and the number it produces tells you exactly what kind of green you’re about to putt on. How A Stimpmeter Works The device itself is a grooved aluminium ramp, about three feet long, with a…
