Where did the golf term 'fore' come from?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

"Fore" is another word for "ahead" (think of a ship's fore and aft). Yelling "fore" is simply a shorter way to yell "watch out ahead" (or "watch out before"). It allows golfers to be forewarned of an incoming ball, in other words.

Answer 3

'Fore' is the word that is shouted. The definition of fore is 'located at or toward the front' and the term 'to the fore' means something that has moved into a position of importance. It would be safe to say that a struck Golf ball that is moving towards someone is moving into a 'position of importance'. So 'FORE!' is shouted to alert the person that a ball is headed in their direction.

Answer 4

Years ago, when a player played golf, he had a caddy and the caddy had an assistant, the fore caddy. The fore caddy used to stand down the fairway and watch where the ball went, when the player hit, they used to shout 'fore' to let the fore caddy know the ball was coming. It is now a term used to let other players know that a ball may come near them.

Answer 5

fore is yelled when you hit a ball towards another player so that they can try and get out of the way

Answer 6

Only if it was going to hit or come close to hitting another group of players.

Answer 7

Golfers yell 'FORE' to let other players know that a ball is heading in their direction and that they should duck.

Answer 8

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