| STROKE | Hitting of a golf ball |
| LIE | Position of a golf ball after a shot (3) |
| GREENTHUMP | Sound of a golf ball landing near a hole? |
| CORE | Center of a golf ball or a pear |
| OCTOPUS | A blue-ringed ___ is the size of a golf ball. |
| FORE | Warning to a person in the path of a golf ball |
| DIMPLE | Part of a golf ball |
| UNPLAYABLE | (Of a golf ball) cannot be hit (10) |
| HAIL | It may be the size of a golf ball, baseball, or softball |
| FAIRWAY | Smooth area of a golf course between tee box and putting green; or, a nautical term for a navigable part of a harbour (7) |
| SWING | The compass or sweep of a golf club, pendulum, trapeze or of one of the balls of a Newton's cradle (5) |
| PRETTY | From "clever, crafty, good, neat, skilful, sporty", word for the fairway of a golf course, the fluted part of a glass or a knick-knack; or, one regarded as attractive in a dainty, delicate or graceful |
| DIVOT | Small piece of turf dug out of a grass surface, as by the head of a golf club (5) |
| BIRDIE | A score of one under the par of a golf hole (6) |
| TOE | Tip of the head of a golf club |
| HOLE | One of the divisions of a golf course |
| RAIN | Cause of postponement of a golf outing |
| HIP | Joint that's a key part of a golf stance |
| PEAGREEN | Exercise on a part of a golf course in the shade |
| FAIRWAYS | The parts of a golf course Ian Baker-Finch and Tiger Woods would prefer to be hitting from |
