Golf Terms Starting With T

A quick reference to every golf term in our glossary that starts with T — 12 terms in total. Each one links through to a full plain-English definition.

• Takeaway
  Takeaway The takeaway is the first move of the golf swing: the opening stretch of the backswing that runs from address until the club reaches roughly hip height
• Target Golf
  Target Golf Target golf is a style of play where nearly every shot is flown through the air to a chosen landing spot and stops quickly, with little or no roll a
• Target Line
  Target Line The target line is the imaginary straight line that runs from your golf ball to the spot you intend to hit it. It extends through the ball and out t
• Tee Box
  Tee Box A tee box is the area at the start of every golf hole where a player makes their first shot. Most holes have several tee boxes set at different distance
• Tee Shot
  Tee Shot A tee shot is the first stroke a golfer plays on a hole, struck from the marked teeing area at the start of the hole. What is a tee shot? Every hole in
• Tee Time
  Tee Time A tee time is the scheduled time a group of golfers is expected to begin their round at the first hole. If the tee time is 9:10 a.m., that is the momen
• Tempo
  Tempo Tempo in golf is the timing relationship between the backswing and the downswing, usually expressed as a ratio. For most skilled players that ratio is abo
• Texas Wedge
  Texas Wedge A Texas wedge is a putter used from off the green, or the shot itself, when a golfer rolls the ball onto the putting surface instead of chipping or
• The Masters
  The Masters The Masters is a professional golf tournament played every April at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It is the first of the four majo
• The Open Championship
  The Open Championship The Open Championship is the oldest of golf’s four major tournaments, first played in 1860 and run by The R&A. It is the only ma
• Thin Shot
  Thin Shot A thin shot is a golf shot struck with the club’s leading edge near the middle of the ball instead of the sweet spot, producing a low flight with litt
• Types of Golf Shots
  Every shot in golf has a name, a purpose, and a club it tends to be played with. This page is the master index of every shot-type term defined on Golfing Fore A

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