What Does Gimme Mean in Golf?
By The Fairway Labs TeamReviewed
Around the green
Golf term
Gimme
Gimme in practice
The unofficial standard is "inside the leather" — closer than the length of a putter grip. Rely on gimmes in practice and those knee-knocking three-footers can haunt you when they suddenly count.
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