![]() ![]() We just know that if you hit your ball into the mahoofka, you better take a weedeater and a machete.ĭoes your group use different words to mean rough, terms we haven't included? Tweet us at and let us hear 'em. Mahoofka - we have no idea where this word comes from or how it came to mean rough.A golfer who hits it into the back country is going backpacking. Back country - rough far off the fairway.Jungle - dense rough in an area with plenty of trees.The slang terms for those areas reflect that:Īnd a Few More Slang Words for Golf Course Rough The green surrounds include areas such as the collar and apron that fall into a range somewhere between rough and fairway - they are cut higher than fairway, but don't really qualify as full-on rough. Take plenty of water and don't forget the bug spray." Duffer State Park - "Dude, you just hit it into Duffer State Park.Goat's breakfast - "Looks like you're in the goat's breakfast again, Jim"Ī few different types of places can stand in for golf course rough, too, including:.Armpit - refers specifically to rough at the point where a dogleg hole turns.Bouffant and beehive - tall hairdos that were once popular.A reference to NBA superstar James Harden, who popularized big, thick beards among athletes. Harden's beard - gnarly Bermuda rough. ![]() Old Tom's Eyebrows - "You missed the fairway right, looks like you'll be hitting out of Old Tom's eyebrows.".Old Man Par's back hair/nose hair/ear hair - Old Man Par is apparently one hairy dude.But American golfers, for weeks after watching the British Open, like to shout out, "I'm in the gorse!" when missing a fairway. And no Scottish golfer, for example, would ever use "gorse" and "rough" interchangeably. Gorse, in particular, is a specific type of shrub that grows on many British links courses. And if that chef's salad is growing on top of pebbly dirt? Then that rough is called "chef's salad with croutons."Įach of the above is a specific thing that has come to be used by some golfers as a general term for rough. Chef's salad - this means rough that includes tall turfgrass mixed with weeds.Which brings up these slang terms for the rough: We know that because the companion term for a golfer who keeps hitting into the pokey is " poke salad Annie," like the old hit song.Īnd what do you have if you mix a bunch of greens? A salad. But we're actually talking about pokeweed here. Pokey - "Pokey" is slang for jail, which might qualify as a synonym for rough on that basis.Ch-ch-ch-Chia - as in the TV commercial for the Chia Pet, which is also slang for a golfer who keeps hitting into the chia. ![]()
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