Halved -- a hole or match finished by both players or teams in the same number of strokes; some tournaments (such as the President’s Cup) continue if the score is tied after the last hole, while others (the Ryder Cup, for example) stay halved                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Handicap -- a numerical indicator of a golfer’s abilities, based on his or her average score. A lower handicap indicates a more skilled golfer. The handicap is subtracted from the total to equalize the skill levels of unevenly matched golfers

Hardpan -- compacted rigid soil, either bare dirt or closely clipped grass, often prevents a club from a cutting stroke under the ball, causing the club to bounce upward on a stroke and the ball’s trajectory  

Hazard -- a “Bunker” or permanent standing water on the course

Hole in One -- to put the ball in the hole in a single stroke

Hook -- a shot that, for a right-handed player, curves too sharply to the left, an error that seems to plague even highly skilled golfers

Hosel -- the curved region at which the clubhead is secured to the shaft

Interlocking Grip – the grip style in which the pinkie finger of the dominant hand is linked with the index finger of the weaker

Inward nine -- Another term for the “Back Nine” named for the layout of older courses, which were designed to loop back so the 18th hole finishes near the clubhouse, as opposed to the “Outward Nine”

Iron -- a type of club with a thin, metal head, inset with grooves and wedge shaped, designed to get underneath the ball to give it a higher trajectory. Irons are numbered from 1 to 9 to measure the increase of the upward arc in the ball’s flight.