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Golf crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 4 Small peg the ball rests on for the first shot
- 5 Two under par, named for a big bird
- 6 One stroke over par
- 8 Rare three-under score, another seabird name
- 10 Person who carries the bag and offers advice
- 13 Friendly do-over after a bad shot
- 15 Sandy hazard you hope to avoid
Down
- 1 Smooth putting surface around the cup
- 2 Lofted club for short, high shots
- 3 Closely mown path between tee and green
- 6 One stroke under par on a hole
- 7 Number that lets players of different skill compete fairly
- 9 Shot that curves sharply to the right for a righty
- 11 Flat-faced club used on the green
- 12 Chunk of turf lifted by a swing, and replaced politely
- 14 Seaside style of course with dunes and wind
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- 1 down: GREEN. Smooth putting surface around the cup
- 2 down: WEDGE. Lofted club for short, high shots
- 3 down: FAIRWAY. Closely mown path between tee and green
- 4 across: TEE. Small peg the ball rests on for the first shot
- 5 across: EAGLE. Two under par, named for a big bird
- 6 across: BOGEY. One stroke over par
- 6 down: BIRDIE. One stroke under par on a hole
- 7 down: HANDICAP. Number that lets players of different skill compete fairly
- 8 across: ALBATROSS. Rare three-under score, another seabird name
- 9 down: SLICE. Shot that curves sharply to the right for a righty
- 10 across: CADDIE. Person who carries the bag and offers advice
- 11 down: PUTTER. Flat-faced club used on the green
- 12 down: DIVOT. Chunk of turf lifted by a swing, and replaced politely
- 13 across: MULLIGAN. Friendly do-over after a bad shot
- 14 down: LINKS. Seaside style of course with dunes and wind
- 15 across: BUNKER. Sandy hazard you hope to avoid
Across
- 2 Smooth putting surface around the cup
- 3 One stroke over par
- 5 Flat-faced club used on the green
- 8 Closely mown path between tee and green
- 9 Two under par, named for a big bird
- 11 Rare three-under score, another seabird name
- 13 Seaside style of course with dunes and wind
- 14 Person who carries the bag and offers advice
Down
- 1 Lofted club for short, high shots
- 3 One stroke under par on a hole
- 4 Sandy hazard you hope to avoid
- 6 Small peg the ball rests on for the first shot
- 7 Number that lets players of different skill compete fairly
- 10 Friendly do-over after a bad shot
- 12 Shot that curves sharply to the right for a righty
- 15 Chunk of turf lifted by a swing, and replaced politely
Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 down: WEDGE. Lofted club for short, high shots
- 2 across: GREEN. Smooth putting surface around the cup
- 3 across: BOGEY. One stroke over par
- 3 down: BIRDIE. One stroke under par on a hole
- 4 down: BUNKER. Sandy hazard you hope to avoid
- 5 across: PUTTER. Flat-faced club used on the green
- 6 down: TEE. Small peg the ball rests on for the first shot
- 7 down: HANDICAP. Number that lets players of different skill compete fairly
- 8 across: FAIRWAY. Closely mown path between tee and green
- 9 across: EAGLE. Two under par, named for a big bird
- 10 down: MULLIGAN. Friendly do-over after a bad shot
- 11 across: ALBATROSS. Rare three-under score, another seabird name
- 12 down: SLICE. Shot that curves sharply to the right for a righty
- 13 across: LINKS. Seaside style of course with dunes and wind
- 14 across: CADDIE. Person who carries the bag and offers advice
- 15 down: DIVOT. Chunk of turf lifted by a swing, and replaced politely
Across
- 3 Lofted club for short, high shots
- 5 One stroke over par
- 8 Person who carries the bag and offers advice
- 10 Friendly do-over after a bad shot
- 11 Rare three-under score, another seabird name
Down
- 1 Smooth putting surface around the cup
- 2 Small peg the ball rests on for the first shot
- 4 Chunk of turf lifted by a swing, and replaced politely
- 6 Two under par, named for a big bird
- 7 Number that lets players of different skill compete fairly
- 9 Closely mown path between tee and green
- 12 Seaside style of course with dunes and wind
- 13 Shot that curves sharply to the right for a righty
Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 down: GREEN. Smooth putting surface around the cup
- 2 down: TEE. Small peg the ball rests on for the first shot
- 3 across: WEDGE. Lofted club for short, high shots
- 4 down: DIVOT. Chunk of turf lifted by a swing, and replaced politely
- 5 across: BOGEY. One stroke over par
- 6 down: EAGLE. Two under par, named for a big bird
- 7 down: HANDICAP. Number that lets players of different skill compete fairly
- 8 across: CADDIE. Person who carries the bag and offers advice
- 9 down: FAIRWAY. Closely mown path between tee and green
- 10 across: MULLIGAN. Friendly do-over after a bad shot
- 11 across: ALBATROSS. Rare three-under score, another seabird name
- 12 down: LINKS. Seaside style of course with dunes and wind
- 13 down: SLICE. Shot that curves sharply to the right for a righty
About Golf
Golf keeps its own vocabulary, and much of it is scoring shorthand: one under par is a birdie, two under an eagle, and the rare three under an albatross. The handicap system lets a beginner and a club champion play the same match with a real result. Older Scottish courses were built on links land, the sandy ground between farmland and the sea, which is where bunkers and hard, fast turf came from in the first place.
Reach for this after a round, or in a class where the terms on the scorecard need explaining before anyone swings a club.
What is in this crossword
A 16 by 18 crossword with 7 across and 9 down, on the subject of Golf.
- Grid
- 16 x 18
- Across
- 7
- Down
- 9
- Longest answer
- ALBATROSS (9 letters)