Golf is a slow game with a lot of standing around, so the talk between shots matters. Most of it is short and polite: whose turn it is, where the ball went, a quick "nice shot". People keep their voices down when someone is about to swing, and they talk freely while walking to the next shot.
There are unwritten rules behind many of these phrases. The player farthest from the hole usually goes first, so "Who's away?" is a real question. If your group is slow, you let the faster group behind you "play through". And when someone hits a bad shot, the kind thing is a small joke or nothing at all, never advice they didn't ask for.
Phrases
asking who plays next; "away" means farthest from the hole
it's your turn
the standard compliment, even for an average shot
you lost sight of the ball
you're guessing where the ball ended up
asking the group to search with you
you place a new ball nearby after a lost or blocked shot
the putt is so short that everyone agrees it counts as in
offering to let a faster group go ahead
a friendly reminder not to slow down the course
asking someone's score for the hole
sympathy when bad luck ruins a good shot
a helpful warning about the next hole
Say it out loud
Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.
Practice · 3 min
Say what you'd say on the course.
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Say it today
Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.