army golf tactic
- noun
- Informal
:
táctica de golf militar
- During the tournament, his army golf tactic made everyone laugh as the ball zigzagged from left to right.
Examples
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During the tournament, his army golf tactic kept sending the ball to opposite sides of the fairway.
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They laughed about their army golf tactics after hitting shots both left and right.
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Coach warned them not to rely on an army golf tactic if they wanted to improve their scores.
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He employs the army golf tactic on the course.
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Many players find the army golf tactic amusing.
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They laughed about the silly army golf tactic that had them hitting shots both left and right.
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Coach noted that using an army golf tactic might be fun, but it won't help improve their scores.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The words 'army', 'golf' and 'tactic' clearly signal a golf strategy with an 'army' motif, so a B1 learner can infer the general idea of a military‑styled golf strategy. However, the specific humorous sense—alternating left and right shots tied to the military marching cadence ('left, right')—relies on cultural knowledge and is not fully predictable from the constituents alone, making the expression partly but not fully transparent.
Etymology
The name army golf tactic comes from the picture of an army marching 'left, right' and a game of golf. It shows a golfer who keeps hitting the ball left then right, so it means 'hitting shots alternately to both sides'.
