As today players many years ago had caddies, and each caddy had a "forecaddy", the forecaddy would assist the caddy. The forecaddy would stand out in the fairway and wait for the balls to be hit from the tee, so they could be found. As soon as the player hit the ball, the caddy would shout "fore", a shortening of the word forecaddy, to let him know the ball was coming.
This is a very important term in golf. A player must yell this when they have shanked a shot or see that their is a group of players in front of them that may be in the directed path of the ball.
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Fore, it they think it will hit someone.
heads upYelling fore in a game of golf is like saying heads up. "Fore" is another word for "ahead" as in a ship's fore and aft.The British Golf Museum also surmises that the term evolved from "forecaddie."A forecaddie is a person who accompanies a group around the golf course, often going forward to be in a position to pinpoint the locations of the groups' shots. If a member of the group hit an errant shot, the thinking goes, they may have alerted the forecaddie by yelling out the term. It was eventually shorted to just "fore."A popular theory is that the term has a military origin. In warfare of the 17th and 18th century (a time period when golf was really taking hold in Britain), infantry advanced in formation while artillery batteries fired from behind, over their heads. An artilleryman about to fire would yell "beware before," alerting nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid the shells screaming overhead. So when golfers misfired and send their missiles - golf balls - screaming off target, "beware before" became shortened to "fore."
It is a widely accepted term used frequently in golf, other golfers know that when they hear fore the should be wary that a ball may be coming their way, and they'll duck because getting hit with a golf ball will hurt.
Fore shouted in a round of golf to alert other players you ball is heading near them, and warning them to protect themselves.
be-come, be-low, be-fore
It means get out of the way - like "fore" in golf. == ==
It is 'fore' not 'four' - meaning afore - watch out afore.
you yell fort if your ball is going to hit sombody
Another name for a golf caddie is looper. It is come from making a loop around the golf course. This term can be heard in the movie Caddyshack.
You actually shout 'Fore'. It's to warn people in front of you.