| 100% | BOUNDS | 6 | Out of __, when a golf ball leaves the course |
| 50% | SEIZEHERSALAD | 13 | Chef's recommended course of action when the lady replies "No" to the suggestion "Lettuce leave a tip"? |
| 50% | SANDWEDGE | 9 | Club for driving a golf ball out of a bunker |
| 49% | FEE | 3 | The $1000 you shell out for you and your buddy to play a round of golf at Nevada's Shadow Creek Golf Course |
| 48% | TEE | 3 | A golf swing might pull it out of the ground |
| 48% | CARBONFOOTPRINT | 15 | Stepping out of the fireplace, Santa left a __ |
| 47% | TEES | 4 | What golf balls rest on at the start of a hole |
| 46% | TEED | 4 | Like golf balls at the start of a hole, usually |
| 46% | DIMPLES | 7 | Tiny indents on a golf ball that provide control of the ball's trajectory, flight, and spin |
| 46% | TEE | 3 | Item that might be knocked out of the ground with a golf shot |
| 43% | SOAPWORT | 8 | European plant of the pink family whose leaves yield a detergent when bruised |
| 43% | PAR | 3 | 4, for more than half of the holes on a standard golf course |
| 43% | MULLIGANS | 9 | These might be given on a golf course, after the ends of 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 43% | TIP | 3 | What you leave a waiter when paying the bill, as a sign of appreciation |
| 42% | RAKINGMYMOUNDS | 14 | "The best part of the job, of course, is when I'm out on the street ___" |
| 42% | LARBOARD | 8 | Old nautical term for port, the left side of a ship when facing the bow |
| 42% | NINE | 4 | Half the number of holes on a golf course |
| 42% | GREEN | 5 | Grassy area of the golf course that you would play on during a day of golf |
| 42% | SHANK | 5 | Hit a golf ball the wrong way |
| 41% | LIFTOFF | 7 | When a rocket leaves the ground |
| 41% | CLUBHEAD | 8 | Part of a driver that strikes the golf ball |
| 41% | WHITE | 5 | *Idiom with the color changed! ___ sheep, when you're a part of the herd and not standing out |
| 40% | MISHIT | 6 | Like a golf ball in the rough |
| 40% | MISHIT | 6 | Like a golf ball in the lake |
| 40% | HOLES | 5 | A golf course has 18 of them |
| 40% | DIVOT | 5 | Chunk of grass cut out of the ground by a golf swing |
| 40% | HAIL | 4 | It may be the size of a golf ball, baseball, or softball |
| 40% | TEE | 3 | Where a golf ball is placed before the first hit |
| 40% | LEDE | 4 | Bury the ___ (leave out the key part of a story) |
| 40% | TAKEOFF | 7 | When a plane leaves the ground to fly |