Golden Ferret

Playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules, such is golf.

In golf, a hole-in-one is when a player hits the ball directly from the tee into the cup with one shot and this is normally only possible on a par 3 hole.

Holes-in-one are extremely rare, and while it depends largely on the golfer's skill, many instances have been recorded when a ball has bounced off a tree, a bird in flight, or even a passing car, before settling into the hole.

Amateur players who make a hole-in-one in a friendly game will usually be mentioned in the local newspaper's sports section, provided there was at least one witness.

During a local golf lesson, a young lad holed a bunker shot. Later, he learned that this is known as a 'Golden Ferret'. Amazement spread throughout the club and a photograph was duly placed on the wall of fame.

The moral of this story is, no matter how unlikely, expect the best.

You will find it at Cheshunt Golf Club where you too, can make history.

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Golf Slang:
Apron or fringe : The band of grass at the approach to the green that is longer than the green itself.
Bandit : Someone who plays lower than their handicap suggests.
Barnes Wallace : This is when a ball bounces across a water hazard.
Bite, munch or take a seat : This is a phrase often heard from golfers after a shot towards the green has been taken, in which they would like the ball to stop or slow down. These are phrases used especially among professionals.
Dance Floor : An alternative name for the putting green.
Ferret or Skunk : This may be heard if someone chips the ball into the hole from off the green.
Golden Ferret : This is similar to a 'Ferret' except it is when a bunker shot is holed.
Jungle, brillo or bundi : A term used to describe the rough.
Sandie : Similar to an "Up & Down", refers to chipping onto the green from the bunker and 1-putting.
Stymie : This was a common phrase said before the allowance of ball markers. It occurred when a golfer's ball was blocking the other's line of putt. This is now avoided since the allowance of ball markers.
Taxi : This is a term which may be shouted when a golf ball races past the hole, in the intention of holing it.
Up & Down : This term refers to the accomplishment of chipping onto the green and making a 1-put, thus going up, and down.