_Hole_: First, the hole lined with iron; second, the whole space between any teeing-ground and the hole in connection therewith. _Honour_: The right to play off first from the tee. _Hook_: See "Draw." A hooked club has the face lying in to the ball. _Horn_: See "Bone." _Hose_: The socket of iron-headed clubs into which the shaft is fitted. _Iron_: A club with an iron head, more or less laid back to loft a ball. _Jerk_: In "Jerking," the club should strike with a quick cut behind the ball. _Lie_: First, the inclination of a club when held on the ground in a natural position for striking; second, the situation of a ball, good or bad. _Lift_: To take a ball out of a hazard and drop it behind or tee it. _Like_: See under "Odds." _Like-as-we-lie_: When both sides have played the same number of strokes. _Links_: The ground on which golf is played. _Loft_: To send the ball into the air. _Long odds_: When a player has to play a stroke more than his adversary, who is much farther on--that is, nearer the hole. _Long game_: Driving from the tee and playing through the green. _Mashie_: An iron club with a deep, short blade. _Match_: First, the sides playing against each other: second, the game itself. Match play reckoning the score by holes. _Medal play_: Reckoning the score by strokes. _Miss the globe_: To fail to strike the ball is counted a stroke. _Neck_: The bent part of the head where it joins the shaft. _Niblick_: A small narrow-headed heavy iron club, used when the ball has a bad lie. _Nose_: The point or front portion of the club head. _Odds_: First, means the handicap given by a strong player to a weaker in a single match, consisting of either one, two, three, or more holes to start with, or one stroke per hole, or every alternate hole, or at every third hole, etc.; second, to have played "the odds" is to have played one stroke more than your adversary. _One-off-two, one-off-three, etc._: When your opponent has played two strokes more your next stroke is one-off-two, and so on. _Play-club_: See "Driver." _Press_: To strive to hit the ball harder than usual. _Putt_: To play close to the hole. (Pronounce _u_ as in _but_.) _Putter_: An upright, stiff-shafted, wooden, iron, or gun-metal headed club, used when the ball is on the putting-green. _Putting-green_: The prepared ground round the holes. _Rind_: A strip of cloth under the leather to thicken the grip. _Rub of the green_: A favourable or unfavourable knock to the ball. (Rule 22.) _Run_: Running the ball along the ground instead of lofting it; and also the run of a drive is the distance the ball runs after reaching the ground. _Scare_: The narrow part of the club head by which it is glued to the shaft, and which is spliced over. _Screw_: See "Draw." _Sclaff_: Hitting the ground behind the ball first, thus not getting a clean stroke. _Scruff_: Slightly razing the grass in striking. _Set_: A full complement of clubs. _Shaft_: The stick or handle of the club.