2006-07-25 21:21:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Golf
Its a prediction of how many people you are hoping to twonk with the ball! The more people you hit the more points you get!
2006-07-26 03:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Fore!" is shouted as a warning when it appears possible a golf ball may hit other players or spectators. It means "ahead", and it's believed to come from the military "beware before", which was shouted when shooting battery behind the troops. This is the generally accepted etymology of the term.
Another explanation sometimes offered up is: Flying Object Returning to Earth, which would seem to be a backronym and is somewhat entertaining albeit erroneous.
2006-07-25 21:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by bombhaus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he word 'fore' is Scottish in origin, and is a shortened version of the word 'before' or 'afore.' The old Scottish warning, essentially meaning "look out ahead," most probably originated in military circles, where it was used by artillery men as a warning to troops in foreword positions. Golfers as early as the 18th century simply adopted this military warning cry for use on the links.
2006-07-26 04:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by bgill_0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an adaptation of an expression used in Scotland in the earliest days of golf. In those days when a bad shot was played the player would generally shout " Four f-cks sake."
2006-07-26 09:54:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a bad shot shout out. It's a warning that you could get beaned by the ball.
2006-07-25 21:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish they'd shout it more often when they hit them over the cliffs near where I live. I was walking my dog along the beach one day and one shot over our heads and landed quite close...but there had been no warning!!!
2006-07-25 21:35:47 · answer #6 · answered by galaxygirl_00_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fore isn't a bad shot it's to warn others that a ball may be about to smack them!
2006-07-25 23:18:42 · answer #7 · answered by Toomg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that its in the fore its just one of those things
2006-07-26 07:50:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a warning so people know they might be in the line of a flying golf ball
2006-07-25 21:31:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because one hundred would take too long
2006-07-25 21:46:24 · answer #10 · answered by ttopcat2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋