Picture the putting surface from front to back; pin high or hole high means your ball comes to rest even with the pin, or flagstick. You didn’t leave the ball short and you didn’t hit it long—your shot was pin high. Pin high is often used as a kind of consolation when a golfer’s direction is off.
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- Pin high is often used as a kind of consolation when a golfer’s direction is off. For example, your ball winds up well right or well left of the flag, but ‘at least you’re pin high.’ The ball could be pin high but in a greenside bunker—not a good place to be.
Why is it called pin high?
The term ‘pin high’ actually has nothing to do with height. However, in golf slang, the terms high and up are often associated with the concept of hitting the ball the right distance or, more specifically, hitting it far enough to get to the hole. This is why we call it “pin high.”
What is pin low in golf?
Pin high is right distance, wrong aim. Pin low is right aim wrong (short) distance.
What is pin position in golf?
Pin Placement: What It Means in Golf The term ‘pin placement’ refers to the location of the hole on the putting green on golf courses. ‘Pin’ is another term for the flagstick in golf, and the flagstick marks the location of the cup, or hole, on the putting green.
Why is pin high good?
Picture the putting surface from front to back; pin high or hole high means your ball comes to rest even with the pin, or flagstick. You didn’t leave the ball short and you didn’t hit it long—your shot was pin high. Pin high is often used as a kind of consolation when a golfer’s direction is off.
What does it mean to be hole high in golf?
Definition of hole-high: stopping or resting on a line that is roughly even with the hole one is playing toward —used of an approach shot in golf.
What does up and down mean in golf?
In golf, getting up-and-down means taking two strokes to get the ball in the hole from off the green, including a putt. The up part of up-and-down is getting the ball onto
the green from off the green. Typically, the ball is somewhat near the green, and the shot is often hit as a pitch or chip.
What are some of the terms used in golf and what do they mean?
Golf Terms and Definitions. Ace – A hole in one. Address – the final position taken by a golfer just before the swing. Adjusted Gross Score – Your score after you apply your handicap stroke allowance. Aeration – To get better air circulation into the soil underneath the turf of a golf course.
Can a pin placement be illegal?
Seriously, though, there is nothing in the Rules of Golf about hole location, so there’s no such thing as an “illegal” hole location.
What does the pin stand for?
Personal Identification Number (PIN)
Why do you pull the pin in golf?
The United States Golf Association and the U.K.’s Royal and Ancient Golf Club changed the rule mainly to speed up play. Since most golfers don’t use caddies, the need for individual golfers to remove the flag when they reach the green can increase their time on it. The new rule addresses that issue.