Golf Lexique F

Face of the club: Part of the club head, that comes in contact with the ball.

Fairway Woods: Wood played after the start of the fairway or the rough.

Fairway: the part between the start and the green.

Feel: feedback provided by the golfer and the club shaft.

Finish: Position of the golfer at the end of a swing.

First attempt: a shot that allows players to evaluate the intensity of their swing and get ready to hit their mark more accurately.

Flag: indicates the position of the hole on the green.

Flex Point: The precise location where the drop occurs on the stem.

Flight: this is the trajectory of the ball in the air.

Follow-through: Step swing after impact and accompanying the ball.

Fore: An expression to warn the public or the players that a ball comes toward them.

Fore-Caddie: a player uses a drill-cart on the hilly course to indicate where the ball fell.

For-green: this is the closest part to the green where the grass is cut shorter than on the fairway, but less than on the green.

Fork: Tool to repair the pitch on the greens.

Fortuitous intervention: there is fortuitous intervention when a ball is accidentally deflected or stopped by a foreign element. In these cases, the ball must be played as it lies without penalty. If it can not be recovered, another ball is substituted.

Foursome: Round of golf where two teams of two players compete, each player on a team playing alternately the same ball.

Free drop: Action to drop a ball without penalty stroke.

Front nine (holes): Hole 1 to 9 of a 18-hole (Go is also commonly used).

Front nine: American expression denoting the first nine holes of a course.