The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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Set – Swipe

Set

The players' equipment of clubs.

Shaft

The handle of the club.

Short Game

-Approaching and putting.

Slice

To draw the face of the club across the ball so that it curves to the right.

Socket.-[See HOSE.]

Sole

The flat part of the club head which rests on the ground.

Spoon

A wooden club with a lofted face.

Spring

The elasticity of the club shaft.

Stance

The position of the player's feet in playing a stroke.

Steal

A long putt holed unexpectedly.

Stymie

A stymie occurs on the putting-green when one of the balls lies directly in front of the other on the line to the hole, and the balls are more than six inches apart.

Swing

The method in which the club is swung in the act of striking.

Swipe

A full shot.

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