| 100% | BAFF | 4 | Strike the ground in a golf swing |
| 60% | TEE | 3 | A golf swing might pull it out of the ground |
| 53% | TEE | 3 | It gets stuck in the ground at a golf course |
| 49% | SOWN | 4 | In the ground, in a way |
| 46% | MISHIT | 6 | Like a golf ball in the rough |
| 46% | SCLAFF | 6 | Scrape the ground with a golf club before hitting the ball |
| 45% | SOWN | 4 | Put in the ground, in a way |
| 45% | SNOWSURPRISE | 12 | A foot on the ground in Phoenix? |
| 44% | STRIKE | 6 | Swing the bat and miss a delivery in baseball |
| 43% | CRATER | 6 | Hole in the ground after a meteorite impact |
| 43% | HITITFAT | 8 | Strike turf before the ball, in golf |
| 42% | TEE | 3 | Short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground |
| 42% | TENTSTAKE | 9 | It goes in the ground at a campground |
| 42% | LOWEST | 6 | Like the winning score in a golf match |
| 42% | CRATER | 6 | A large cavity in the ground |
| 41% | BYE | 3 | In cricket, a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman |
| 41% | ONEUNDERPAR | 11 | Golf score, or a description of the 18 hidden 65-Down in this puzzle |
| 40% | BURY | 4 | Put a corpse in the ground |
| 40% | DIG | 3 | Shove a shovel in the ground |
| 40% | DUG | 3 | Made a hole in the ground |
| 40% | DIG | 3 | Start a hole in the ground |
| 40% | DIGS | 4 | Makes a hole in the ground |
| 40% | DIG | 3 | Create a hole in the ground |
| 40% | DIG | 3 | Make a hole in the ground |
| 40% | HOLE | 4 | "Dig a ___ in the ground" |
| 40% | BAULK | 5 | In croquet, either of the two lines from which a ball is struck into play |
| 40% | SIDE | 4 | In billiards, spin imparted to a ball by striking it off-centre with the cue |
| 40% | CUE | 3 | Long tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 40% | CUE | 3 | Long, tapered rod used to strike a ball in the game of snooker |
| 40% | FOXHOLE | 7 | Protective burrow dug in the ground by a soldier |