Pin - This is another term that refers to a flagstick.

Pin High - This is another term that is used to refer to hole high.

Pin Placement - This is a term that describes the location for the hole within a putting green. When a tournament is being held, the pin placement will generally change from day to day.

Pin Position - This is another term that is used to refer to pin placement.

Pitch - This is a short shot that is lofted high in the direction of the putting green, typically with some backspin to it.

Pinsetter - This is a term describing the official that is responsible for the pin placement.

Pitch and Run - This is a form of a pitch shot that is hit with no backspin and less arc, allowing for the ball to roll in the direction of the pin once it has landed on the green.

Pitching Niblick - This is an obsolete name that was once used to refer to the 8 iron.

Pitching Wedge - This is an iron that has a heavy flange, and it was designed primarily for the purpose of hitting pitch shots.

Pivot - This is the hip, shoulder and trunk rotation that the player uses during the process of their swing.

Play Off - This is a term that refers to playing further holes or playing another round to determine the winner of a match that has resulted in a tie.

Play Through - This is a term that is used to describe passing through a group of players that are playing ahead of you. In golf etiquette, it is dictated that slower playing groups should allow faster playing groups to be able to play through.

Plugged Lie - This is a lie that involves the ball being buried in the sand.

Plus Handicap - This is a player that has an average that is below the par with a plus handicap, and what this means is that he has to add strokes to the total gross in place of subtracting them in order to determine the overall net score.

Pot Bunker - This is a small and deep sand trap with steeper sides.

Preferred Lie - This is a manner, under local rules, by which players are allowed to improve the lie that they have without incurring any type of penalty in the process.

Press - This is an extra bet on the final remaining holes. On the 16th hole for example, a golfer could offer a five dollar press or extra, meaning that he would be on the final three holes.

Professional - This is a player receiving monetary compensation for teaching lessons or playing in tournaments. This word is commonly shortened merely to "pro".

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