where did the term "four" originate in golf?

Answer 1

It means your on the par-5 7th tee and your tee shot slices twards the adjacent par-4 13th. But, seriously, though, it means to watch out in the FOREward direction. It has been used in many situations, such as war when it meant "Watch out in front!", but mainly in golf. I think, too from the other answers, you've already established that the word is fore, not four.

Answer 2

Golf Term Four

Answer 3

Fore, not four!

Fore- To be in front of or foreward. It originated from the use in golf as "Foreward!" as a "forewarning" to others that a ball might be headed their way. THrough common usage it developed and changed into the everyday "Fore!"
Usage: The golfer yelled Fore! to warn those ahead of him to avoid danger

Antonyms: Aft- Behind, in back of; slang for the term "after"
Usage: The alley lay behind the apartments in dark shadow, aft of the sunlit streets

Answer 4

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where did the term "four" originate in golf?

Answer 5

"fore' originated during ww1 when the tropps were entrenced the troops that fired behind then would yell out "foward!"which would be a warning to the troops in the foward trenches to duck so they wouldn't be struck with a bullet. This is the real answer

Answer 6

It's "fore".

Several possible reasons: The caddie used to be called a forecaddie (as he went before the players), so the warning cry would have been "forecaddie!", thus shortened to fore.

The other was that it was a military warning, and was adopted.

Answer 7

Incidentally according to the “Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins” by William and Mary Morris(Harper Collins, New York, 1977, 1988). ROGER -- "in the meaning of 'Yes, O.K., I understand you -- is voice code for the letter R. It is part of the 'Able, Baker, Charlie' code known and used by all radiophone operators in the services in the 40's - 50's. From the earliest days of wireless communication, the Morse code letter R (dit-dah-dit) has been used to indicate 'O.K. -- understood.' So 'Roger' was the logical voice-phone equivalent." Also from “I Hear America Talking” by Stuart Berg Flexner (Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1976).“Roger! A code word used by pilots to mean ‘your message received and understood’ in response to radio communications; later it came into general use to mean ‘all right, OK.’ Roger was the radio communications morse code word for the letter R, which in this case represented the word ‘received.’ ‘Roger Wilco’ was the reply to ‘Roger’ from the original transmitter of the radio message, meaning ‘I have received your message that you have received my message and am signing off.” Wilco implies "I will comply"

Answer 8

It's not "four", it's "fore" as in forward in the direction of the ball so as to warn someone that the ball may be headed their way so they don't get whalloped with it.

Answer 9

Fore is the correct spelling. It means in front of more or less. Yelling it is a warning to those ahead of you to be cautious that a ball is coming towards them.

Answer 10

Well, it is "fore", not "four".