＝ダフリ屋
ゴルフをスポーツとして真剣に取り組む姿勢に欠け、技術の向上が滞ってしまっているゴルファーを指すようだ。
結果としてスロープレーなど迷惑な存在となる。
人格やプレースタイルを非難する言葉ではなさそう。
hacker の最も基本的な意味のひとつ「木を切り倒す人」からの派生と考えられる。
「また林に打ち込みやがった。 鎌の３番でも入れといたら？」
by
Brent Kelley
Updated May 24, 2019
"Hacker" is something no golfer ever wants to be called. Hacker is a derogatory term in golf that means:
someone who rarely plays golf so is quite bad when they do;
generally, any golfer who is just not very good at it;
a mediocre or poor golfer who displays bad golf etiquette and/or poor sportsmanship.
Or, especially, any combination of Nos. 1 and 3 or Nos. 2 and 3.
Hacker vs. Duffer
"Hacker" and "duffer" are synonymous in that they both apply to poor golfers. But "duffer" is sometimes used to denote weaker players in general, while "hacker" is often applied to a single golfer as an insult. Hacker is a little bit stronger than duffer in its derogatory meaning, in other words.
Also, people who aren't that familiar with golf might (erroneously) use "duffer" to mean all golfers (good, bad or otherwise). That never happens with "hacker." Hacker fairly self-evidently carries negative connotations. Most everyone who speaks English will recognize "hacker" as a negative term when used in this context.
The Origins of Hacker as a Golf Term
This usage of hacker derives from the image of a golfer swinging a club wildly - chopping at the ball, hacking at the ball. For me, the term always brings up visions of someone slashing through vegetation with a machete.
Or, as Lee Trevino once quipped, "My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch." Not what you want to see on a golf course!
The term is also used as a pejorative in other stick-and-ball or racket sports, such as tennis. Again, because of the image of someone flailing a club or racket in a hacking motion, rather than putting the correct and desired type of swing on the ball.
How Golfers Use 'Hacker'
The terms "hack golfer" and "weekend hacker" are variations on the theme. As noted, duffer is a synonym; so is "chopper."
There are some phrases that golfers use, even good ones, to describe their own play when we are disappointed in ourselves:
"I'm really hacking it around out here" or "I hacked it around today."
"I'm hacking it up the fairway" or "I hacked it up the fairway on the second hole."
Ｇolf Glossary
https://www.liveabout.com/golf-glossary-1563966
余談：
ゴルフというのは「流れ」がとても大事なスポーツなんだそう。
たとえば前のホール１０ｍのバーディーパットを沈めることができた。
次のホールでも同じように１０ｍのバーディーチャンスがやってきた。
流れが来ているのだから思い切って狙っていこう。
いや、ここで３パットしたらせっかくきた流れを切らしてしまう。慎重に距離をあわせるべきか。
流れは確かにある。ただその方向がわからないだけだ。
a story about a blind golfer
choice is a given




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