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see posts about golfing gods and such. An old term in a game of tradition is rub of the green . What does that mean to you? and for that matter do you know what "the green" really is so that you understand " through the green"

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Well the answer is simple: No.

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Uh, is it what Kermit does when Miss Piggy's out of town?

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It's a term used in golf, and evidently billiards, to describe chance events of luck or bad luck.

In golf, if ball hits accidentally deflects off an outside agent, you basically play the ball where it lays, no penalty:
http://golf.about.com/cs/golfterms/g..._ruboftheg.htm

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Uh, is it what Kermit does when Miss Piggy's out of town?

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just means luck doesnt it, use it all the time over here

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just means luck doesnt it, use it all the time over here

No it doesn't. The definition of

rub of the green is in the Rules of Golf. It has a very specific meaning which has nothing to do with luck. It simply means your ball was deflected by an outside agency , another term defined in the Rules. an outside agency is pretty much anything that your ball can be deflected by... a tree, bush any obstruction, a spectator, animal, stone... etc.
Outside Agency In match play, an "outside agency" is any agency other than either the player's or opponent's side, any caddie of either side, any ball played by either side at the hole being played or any equipment of either side. In stroke play, an outside agency is any agency other than the competitor's side, any caddie of the side, any ball played by the side at the hole being played or any equipment of the side. An outside agency includes a referee, a marker, an observer and a forecaddie. Neither wind nor water is an outside agency.

The earliest golf "courses" were simply a few holes cut in the village green (A park or similar open area where townspeople went for strolls, picnics, bowled at tenpins, and played the earliest form of golf, thus the origin of the term green (sometimes called "the fair green") in the game.

Through the green was a golf term long before there was any such thing as a putting green . Through the green now means anyplace on the golf course that is not a bunker or water hazard, or the putting green or teeing ground of the hole being played. It is important to understand the terms because the rules treat similar situations differently depending on where the ball lies on the golf course.

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Uh, is it what Kermit does when Miss Piggy's out of town?

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Uh, is it what Kermit does when Miss Piggy's out of town?

I haven't laughed that hard in quite a while. Thanks.

WTF!!! You owe me a new keyboard... mine has nose-filtered Pepsi on it.

And this visual made it even funnier.

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Probably the best post i have read on this forum since i joined....classic....

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Fourputt is correct as far as his answer goes, but "rub of the green" is a term that originated in the ancient game of bowls (think bocce). The term was subsequently adopted by golf.
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Fourputt is correct as far as his answer goes, but "rub of the green" is a term that originated in the ancient game of bowls (think bocce). The term was subsequently adopted by golf.

I didn't study the etymology, but I have a rudimentary understanding of both terms.

No, I don't believe "through the green" is what 4 pink cloven hooves will do when they learn about the terms "rub of the green" or "playing from the wrong green". "Rub of the green" is about playing it where it lies, because the bad breaks will even out eventually. "Through the green" means while your ball is in play - from the tee until you've putted out (see fourputt for exceptions).

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No it doesn't. The definition of

Wow - +1 and well said. Guess reading the rules makes one old, huh ;)

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Wow - +1 and well said. Guess reading the rules makes one old, huh ;)

Yeah, I'm not sure what this has to do with being "old." As Fourputt (and maybe others) pointed out, if you've read the rules thoroughly, you'll know what a rub of the green is. It also has the colloquial definition of bad luck through no fault of your own.

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Yeah, I'm not sure what this has to do with being "old." As Fourputt (and maybe others) pointed out, if you've read the rules thoroughly, you'll know what a rub of the green is. It also has the colloquial definition of bad luck through no fault of your own.

Isn't it hilarious that people almost without exception talk about BAD luck as far as rub of the green is concerned? It can very well be GOOD luck instead of bad. Think of all the times when your ball has ricocheted out of the woods after having collided with a large tree trunk. That is also a rub of the green and certainly good luck (but a bad shot....).

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Isn't it hilarious that people almost without exception talk about BAD luck as far as rub of the green is concerned? It can very well be GOOD luck instead of bad. Think of all the times when your ball has ricocheted out of the woods after having collided with a large tree trunk. That is also a rub of the green and certainly good luck (but a bad shot....).

Well it only makes sense, after all there's no such thing as good LUCK on the course, that's all thanks to the player's fine planning and execution!

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