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CADDIE: an assistant who carries the golfer’s clubs.

CANADIAN GOLF: may be said to date from 1873 ( Royal Montreal).

CAPTAIN: the leader ( whether playing or nonplaying) of a group of competitors (e.g. in relation to the Ryder Cup).

CENTRE SHAFT: a golf club in which the shaft is not fixed to the heel end of the head, but to the middle.

CLEEK: a club, slightly lofted, and with iron head, used to drive the ball over a relatively long distance.

CLUB: the playing instrument in golf, it consisting essentially of a head affixed to a shaft, free of any mechanical driving agency or undue bending. Fourteen clubs are allowed in competition play.

CLUB FACE: a golf club face must be without any concave depression, of only one angle , and free of any surface in edge finish by which cutting may be effected.

CLUB HEAD:  the distance between toe and back of heel is to be greater than that from back to face.

CLUB WEIGHT: of the driver the usual weight is 13-14 oz.

COLONEL BOGEY: see Bogey COMPETITION.

C.O.N.G.U.: abbreviation for Council of National Golf Unions.

CROOKSHANK: a driving club specially designed to align face with shaft.

CROQUET-MALLET PUTTER: one with hammer-shaped head, centred shafting, etc.

CYPRESS POINT:  an important American golf course , California , U.S.A.