What term denotes the shortly mowed and highly maintained area of grass around a golf-course hole?

What term denotes the shortly mowed and highly maintained area of grass around a golf-course hole?

• A. Green
• B. Tee
• C. Rough
• D. Fairway

Answer: (A)

Green is the term for the area that sits right around the hole and is kept extremely short and very well maintained so the ball can roll smoothly for putting. This surface is the focal point of play on a hole, with the cup inset into it, and it’s typically mowed to the lowest height using fine turf like bentgrass or Bermuda depending on climate. The goal of the green’s precision mowing is to provide a predictable, fast (or controllable) roll for the ball when you putt. Tee refers to the starting area at the beginning of a hole, not the area around the hole. The fairway is the shorter grass path between the tee and the green, designed for easier approach shots but still not as short or as highly maintained as the green. The rough is the longer, less-trimmed grass that borders the fairway and green, making shots more challenging. So the described area—the shortly mowed, highly maintained surface around the hole—is the green.

Green is the term for the area that sits right around the hole and is kept extremely short and very well maintained so the ball can roll smoothly for putting. This surface is the focal point of play on a hole, with the cup inset into it, and it’s typically mowed to the lowest height using fine turf like bentgrass or Bermuda depending on climate. The goal of the green’s precision mowing is to provide a predictable, fast (or controllable) roll for the ball when you putt.

Tee refers to the starting area at the beginning of a hole, not the area around the hole. The fairway is the shorter grass path between the tee and the green, designed for easier approach shots but still not as short or as highly maintained as the green. The rough is the longer, less-trimmed grass that borders the fairway and green, making shots more challenging.

So the described area—the shortly mowed, highly maintained surface around the hole—is the green.