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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Roderick Easdale

REVEALED: Why do golfers shout fore - The Real Truth

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Golfers shout Fore! to warn people that an errant shot may be heading their way. Sometimes 'left' or 'right' is added to the shout in attempt to indicate where the shot is going and so identify who is at most risk of being hit.

In the novel Summer At Tangents, Rikki, whose attitude to golf borders on contempt, has been roped in by her Godfather to accompany him as a fellow forecaddie for the final of a club competition. Her Godfather was:

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