Golf is a sport enjoyed by people all around the world. As the sport gains popularity in Spanish-speaking countries, it becomes essential to understand and communicate golf terms in Spanish. In this article, we will provide a list of the most popular golf vocabulary in Spanish, along with their meanings and usage.

Golf Vocabulary in Spanish

A person who plays golf can be called a jugador or jugadora de golf (golf player). However, there is also a specific word for this athlete, which is golfista. This noun ends in –ista, so it can refer to a man or a woman.

Aquel chico que conocimos hace unos años se convirtió en un famoso jugador de golf.

That boy we met a few years ago became a famous golf player.

El golfista le está dando la pelota al niño como recuerdo.

La golfista le está dando la pelota al niño como recuerdo.

The golf player is giving the ball to the child as a souvenir.

Before diving into the golf vocabulary in Spanish, let’s start with the basics. Here are some commonly used golf terms in Spanish:

  1. El golf (golf)
  2. El caddie (caddie, caddy)
  3. El campo de golf (golf course)
  4. El hoyo (hole)
  5. La pelota de golf (golf ball)
  6. El palo de golf (golf club)

At the Golf Course

Now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s move on to the more specific golf vocabulary in Spanish. Here are some golf vocabulary in Spanish that refer to the 5 parts each hole in any golf course has. Learn more about them.

  1. El tee (tee)
  2. La calle or el fairway (fairway)
  3. El green (green)
    • El ante-green (the grass around the green: apron, collar and fringe)
  4. El áspero or el rough (rough)
  5. El obstáculo (hazard)
    • El búnker or la trampa de arena (bunker, sand trap)
    • El obstáculo de agua (water hazard)

Playing Golf

Here are some commonly used golf terms in Spanish related to swings and shots:

  1. El swing (swing)
    • El medio swing (half swing)
    • El swing completo (full swing)
    • El swing de práctica (practice swing)
  2. El backswing or la espalda (backswing)
  3. El downswing or el movimiento hacia abajo (downswing)
  4. El plano del swing (swing plane)
  5. La colocación (stance)
    • La colocación ancha (wide stance)
    • La colocación estrecha (narrow stance)
    • La colocación abierta (open stance)
    • La colocación cerrada (closed stance)
  6. El follow-through (follow-through)
  7. El tiro (shot)
  8. El golpe (stroke)
  9. El put (putt)
  10. La chip (chip)
  11. El approach (approach shot)
  12. El drive (drive)

Other golf vocabulary in Spanish is the following:

  1. La bandera (flagstick)
  2. El juego corto (short game)
  3. El juego largo (long game)
  4. El juego lento (slow play)
  5. El tiempo de juego (speed of play)
  6. El hándicap (handicap)
  7. El tarjeta de puntuación (scorecard)
  8. El torneo de golf (golf tournament)
  9. El marcador (marker)

Actions

Finally, here is a list of verbs or phrases you can use while playing golf in Spanish.

  1. Alcanzar el green (to drive the green)
  2. Alinear (to align)
  3. Apuntar (to aim)
  4. Arreglar el pique (to repair pitchmark)
  5. Atender la bandera (to attend the flag)
  6. Cambiar la empuñadura o el palo (to re-grip the golf club)
  7. Colocar más alto (to tee it up)
  8. Conectar (to connect)
  9. Conceder (to concede)
  10. Cortar la esquina (to cut the corner)
  11. Cortar (to fade cut)
  12. Dar paso (to go through)
  13. Decelerar (to decelerate)
  14. Dropar or dropear (to drop)
  15. Embocar (to hole out)
  16. Embocar un pat (to sink a putt)
  17. Estudiar (to go to school)
  18. Frenar (to, sit, to bite, to check, to grab)
  19. Golpear (to hit)
  20. Identificar la bola (to identify the ball)
  21. Ir abajo (match play) (to go down)
  22. Ir all square (to go all square)
  23. Ir arriba (to go up)
  24. Jugar al par (to shoot par)
  25. Levantar la cabeza (to look up)
  26. Marcar (la bola) (to mark)
  27. No pasar al corte (to miss the cut)
  28. Pasar el corte (to make the cut)
  29. Pasar el green (to go through the green)
  30. Quebrar (to cock)
  31. Rastrillar el búnker (to rake the bunker)
  32. Recuperar (to recovery)
  33. Reponer la chuleta (to replace the divot)
  34. Retroceder (to back off)
  35. Rodear (to roll)
  36. Sacar una chuleta (to take a divot)
  37. Saltar (to jump)
  38. Salvar par (to save par)
  39. Seguir el ritmo (to keep pace)
  40. Topar or topear (to top)
  41. Volar (to carry, to fly)
  42. Volarse el green (to fly the green)
  43. Volver a agarrar (to re-grip)

Exercises

Let’s do some exercises to practice some of this golf vocabulary in Spanish. If you want to continue practicing vocabulary, in our blog you can also do exercises with baseball, cricket, ice hockey, soccer, basketball and tennis vocabulary.

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

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