Tiny Pros: The Golf ABCs

Join Milo and Maya in Tiny Pros: The Golf ABCs. Explore 26 alphabet words, including Ace, Bunker, Caddie. Read the vocabulary together, talk about your favorite discoveries and try a playful activity after watching.

What we'll discover

• A is for Ace
• B is for Bunker
• C is for Caddie
• D is for Driver
• E is for Eagle
• F is for Fairway

Read the adventure

Milo: I'm Milo, and this is Maya! Join our Tiny Pros golf-course adventure to discover golf from A to Z, let's play! Milo: A is for ace! That's a hole in one. One shot, straight in! Woohoo! Maya: B is for bunker, where golf balls land in the sand. A sandy surprise! Milo: C is for caddie, who helps carry the golf clubs. Here's your club, Maya! Maya: D is for driver! Its big head helps send the ball flying far. Whoosh! Milo: E is for eagle: two shots under par! If par is five shots, you finish in three. Amazing! Maya: F is for fairway, where you want your ball to land. Nice, short grass! Milo: G is for green, where golfers roll the ball toward the hole. Roll, little ball! Maya: H is for hole, where every golfer tries to get the ball. Plop! It's in! Milo: I is for iron, a club that helps hit the ball down the fairway! Maya: J is for junior golfers: kids learning to play. That's us! We learn by practicing. Milo: K is for nickers, the funny pants golfers used to wear. Baggy knees! How silly! Maya: L is for links, a special golf course beside the sea. Feel that breezy breeze! Milo: M is for mulligan, a do-over in a friendly game, when friends agree. Try again! Maya: N is for nine holes. That's half of a full eighteen-hole round of golf! Milo: O is for out of bounds, where the ball shouldn't go. Stay on the course! Maya: P is for putter. A gentle tap rolls the ball into the hole. Tap, roll, plop! Milo: Q is for quiet, so golfers can focus on their swing. Shhh. Let's listen! Maya: R is for rough, where tall grass makes shots tricky. There's our little ball! Milo: S is for swing as we send the ball flying. Give the golfer lots of space! Maya: T is for tee. It holds the ball before the first shot. A tiny ball stand! Milo: U is for uphill putt, when the ball rolls up a slope. Up you go! Maya: V is for visor. Its brim keeps sunshine out of our eyes. Look at that shade! Milo: W is for wedge, a club that lifts the ball high into the air. Up, up! Maya: X is for X marks the spot, where we want our ball to land. Right there! Milo: Y is for yardage. It tells us how far to the hole, measured in yards! Maya: Z is for zipping around the course in a golf cart. Our toy goes zoom! both: Great job, Tiny Pros! Keep learning, and see you next time!

Alphabet vocabulary

A: Ace

A is for ace! That's a hole in one. One shot, straight in! Woohoo!

B: Bunker

B is for bunker, where golf balls land in the sand. A sandy surprise!

C: Caddie

C is for caddie, who helps carry the golf clubs. Here's your club, Maya!

D: Driver

D is for driver! Its big head helps send the ball flying far. Whoosh!

E: Eagle

E is for eagle: two shots under par! If par is five shots, you finish in three. Amazing!

F: Fairway

F is for fairway, where you want your ball to land. Nice, short grass!

G: Green

G is for green, where golfers roll the ball toward the hole. Roll, little ball!

H: Hole

H is for hole, where every golfer tries to get the ball. Plop! It's in!

I: Iron

I is for iron, a club that helps hit the ball down the fairway!

J: Junior golfers

J is for junior golfers: kids learning to play. That's us! We learn by practicing.

K: Knickers

K is for nickers, the funny pants golfers used to wear. Baggy knees! How silly!

L: Links

L is for links, a special golf course beside the sea. Feel that breezy breeze!

M: Mulligan

M is for mulligan, a do-over in a friendly game, when friends agree. Try again!

N: Nine holes

N is for nine holes. That's half of a full eighteen-hole round of golf!

O: Out of bounds

O is for out of bounds, where the ball shouldn't go. Stay on the course!

P: Putter

P is for putter. A gentle tap rolls the ball into the hole. Tap, roll, plop!

Q: Quiet

Q is for quiet, so golfers can focus on their swing. Shhh. Let's listen!

R: Rough

R is for rough, where tall grass makes shots tricky. There's our little ball!

S: Swing

S is for swing as we send the ball flying. Give the golfer lots of space!

T: Tee

T is for tee. It holds the ball before the first shot. A tiny ball stand!

U: Uphill putt

U is for uphill putt, when the ball rolls up a slope. Up you go!

V: Visor

V is for visor. Its brim keeps sunshine out of our eyes. Look at that shade!

W: Wedge

W is for wedge, a club that lifts the ball high into the air. Up, up!

X: X marks the spot

X is for X marks the spot, where we want our ball to land. Right there!

Y: Yardage

Y is for yardage. It tells us how far to the hole, measured in yards!

Z: Zipping

Z is for zipping around the course in a golf cart. Our toy goes zoom!

Learning activities

1. Choose a word from the adventure and draw what it means.
2. Take turns explaining a favorite discovery to each other.
3. Act out a scene together using pretend tools and props.