Have you ever foozled, and if you did, would you be embarrassed? Personally, I foozle so frequently, I can no longer stop myself. What does foozle mean?
A. To bungle, especially a golf shot.
B. To drink heavily.
C. To strike or throw an object in anger.
D. To giggle uncontrollably.
If you need a hint, check out the cartoon up above. It should lead you to the correct definition of foozle, which is … A … to bungle a golf shot. My repertoire of foozling pretty much runs the gamut -
- The top.
- The push.
- The slice.
- The banana slice.
- The shank.
- The hook.
- The duck hook.
- The pull hook.
- The skull.
- The whiff.
- The fat shot, or chunk.
- The chili dip.
- The thin shot.
- The skied shot.
- The worm burner.
- The misread.
- The underclub.
- The overclub.
- The green-side bunker explosion shot that carries 50 yards over the green.
- The shot drilled into a nearby foursome.
- The shot into the clubhouse parking lot.
- The shot through a car windshield in the clubhouse parking lot.
Sigh. Well, it’s good to be versatile, I suppose. One thing’s for sure – few sports can match golf for colorful lingo. As we can see, golf has an abundance of terms for foozles alone – no foozling!







Brad,
Very, very entertaining post! And I’m not foozling, either!
Keep ‘em laughing!
Jeanne
I don’t play golf much, but when I do, I ‘foozle’ about 130 each round.
Andrew
Jeanne, do you play golf? It’s more fun than it looks like on TV. Andrew, LOL.When you put it that way, shooting 130 sounds like fun.
Brad,
I certainly don’t play golf, but I do appreciate great humor–no matter what the subject!
I have, however, read the golfing classic, “The Inner Game of Golf,” by W. Timothy Gallwey, which I highly recommend for anyone–whether or not they play golf. It’s a great guide for overcoming your inner “critic” and allowing your natural self to do what it does best without interference. While centered around golf, its success-generating principles are applicable to any area of endeavor–though, of course, golfers especially, should check it out, since it goes into great detail about how the principles apply to those individuals involved in the sport. Have you read it?
Jeanne
Hi Jeanne. No, I haven’t read it, but it sounds excellent. I’m going to pick it up. Thanks for the recommendation!
No problem, Brad. I checked a few websites, such as Amazon.com and noticed that a new updated edition has recently come out which contains a great deal of new info; so I’m sure the newer copies will be even better than the one I read!
Enjoy!
Jeanne