What Does Break Mean in Golf?
By The Fairway Labs TeamReviewed
Around the green
Golf term
Break
Break in practice
"Two cups of left-to-right break" tells you to aim two hole-widths to the right. Slower putts break more, so a firm putt takes less break than a dying one on the same line.
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