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Golf glossary: 52 terms that actually come up
The vocabulary a golfer meets in their first three years, defined without circularity. Not every word in golf — the ones that change what you do next.
2026-09-11How French courses rank their holes: 601 stroke indexes, counted
Two thirds of French cards allocate stroke indexes by a convention nobody explains, and it decides which nine looks harder. Counted card by card, not estimated.
2026-09-10The architects of French golf: what 448 records say, and what they hide
Michel Gayon signs 30 courses; Robert Trent Jones co-signs 13 and appears alone on none. A panorama of a data field that cannot support a ranking.
2026-09-01Two centuries of French golf: why par 72 is a modern convention
70% of French courses date from the 1980s and 90s, and par 72 rose from 27% to 65% of them in a century. It was never decreed; it took hold.
2026-08-31Which French region makes you climb most on a golf course? Not the one you think
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté beats Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on median elevation, and the explanation lies in the shape of the distribution. 454 courses measured.
2026-08-28France's most watery golf courses, and why hectares are the wrong unit
23 polygons carry 37% of France's traced water, including the Channel at Étretat. Counted by zone instead, the ranking changes completely. 3,646 hazards counted.
2026-08-27France's nine-hole courses: 133 clubs, and half the cards are not nines
Of 451 nine-hole cards, 227 are half of an eighteen. That leaves 224 genuine nines, a quarter of them entirely par 3. The ranking nobody publishes.
2026-08-26How to fix a slice at home using AI swing analysis
The three causes a phone camera can actually identify, how to film so the report is usable, and four drills matched to what's really happening — not to what a slice usually means.
2026-08-25How big French greens really are: 390 m² at the median, 53 to 2,445
464 hectares of green in France, a sevenfold gap between the smallest and largest sets, and a size that has not moved in a century. Measured from the polygons.
2026-08-25How to track fairways, greens in regulation and putts per round
The five stats that actually predict your score, three ways to record them from a scrap of paper to full GPS tracking, and published benchmarks by handicap to check yours against.
2026-08-24The most bunkered golf courses in France: 88 at the top, 1 at the bottom
Fontainebleau carries 88 bunkers, the French median is 43, and sand has no relationship at all with rated difficulty. Counted across 217 cleanly surveyed courses.
2026-08-24Can a golf training app actually lower your handicap? What the research shows
One peer-reviewed study on app use and scoring, why it doesn't prove what marketing claims it proves, and why our own usage data isn't big enough yet to add a second one.
2026-08-21The hardest golf courses in France, ranked by slope
Golf National caps the scale at 155, the French median sits at 134, and length explains only half the gap. Ranked across 240 officially rated courses.
2026-08-21How beginners can use AI to improve at golf faster
What AI is genuinely useful for in your first year, a week-by-week 90-day plan, and when to stop trusting an app and book a lesson with a human instead.
2026-08-20The steepest golf courses in France: elevation measured hole by hole
357 m of in-play elevation at the top, 4 m at the bottom, and almost one French hole in two that does not move three metres. Measured, not claimed.
2026-08-20The longest golf courses in France: 469 cards, measured
6,796 m at the top, 4,326 m at the bottom, and 1,620 m between two par 72s. The length ranking of every French 18-hole course, off the back tees.
2026-08-19The anatomy of a French golf course: what 469 scorecards say
Par 72 covers only 56% of courses, one 18-hole card in ten is a nine played twice, and France has exactly one par 6. Counted card by card, not estimated.
2026-08-18How to find golf partners near you (and actually get a game)
Six ways golfers find playing partners, what each one really costs in time and awkwardness, and how to write a profile that gets replies rather than silence.
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