Meanings
- derogatoryhumorousslanguncountablegolfThe situation when a player is spraying the golf ball all over the golf course in different directions.
I play army golf; right, left, right, left from one side of the course to the other. More than I would like, I hit the ball into shrubs or trees rather than into the generous mowed areas of grass.
2002, John P. Borden, The Complete Guide for the Romantically Challenged Male, page 102
Origin
The term stems from the army marching cadence: left-right-left. In other words, a golfer hits one shot to the left, the next to the right, and very few of them straight.
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