lexique du golf
Here you will find a complete list of French golf vocabulary words. While some of these words are unique to French the good news is that many of them are taken directly from English. Thus, you should find this list is extremely easy to learn! Over the past few years the sport of golf has become increasingly popular in France. This is especially true for visitors from the UK who enjoy playing on the beautiful courses around the Channel and at other more exotic locations such as Côte d’Azur.
| le golf golf | le joueur de golf golfer | le parcours de golf golf course |
| le club de golf golf club | le trou hole | le départ teeing ground |
| le green green | le bunker bunker | le drapeau flag |
| exécuter un swing to swing | le fairway fairway | le rough rough |
| l’obstacle d’eau water hazard | le buggy buggy/golf cart | la position stance |
| le pavillion clubhouse | l’équipement golf golf equipment | le tee tee |
| la balle de golf golf ball | le gant glove | le caddie golf trolly |
| le parapluie umbrella | le sac de golf golf bag | les pointes spikes |
| la chaussure de golf golf shoe | partir du tee to tee off | driver to drive |
| putter to put | cocher to chip | le bois wood |
| le putter putter | le fer iron | la cale wedge |
| le par par | le over par over par | le handicap handicap |
| le caddie caddy | le swing en arrière backswing | le coup stroke |
| le under par under par | le trou en un hole in one | le tournoi tournament |
| les spectateurs spectators | le swing d’essai practice swing | la ligne de jeu line of play |
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More resoruces:
- Golf terms in French (golf-passion.org)
Suggested audio French courses from Frenchtoday.com
David Issokson is a lifelong language enthusiast. His head is swimming with words and sounds as he speaks over six languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private online lessons. When procrastinating working on his site, FrenchLearner.com, David enjoys his time skiing and hiking in Teton Valley, Idaho.
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