When a golfer picks up his/her ball before getting it in the hole. In stroke play this will mean that the golfer is disqualified and in match play this looses the golfer the hole.

To hit a checker.

meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

Term to describe when a golfer has hit his or her maximum number of strokes under Equitable Stroke Control and does not complete the hole.

To take up one's ball before holing out.

To hit an opponent's blot to the bar.

To take up the ball before holing out. In stroke play, picking up incurs disqualification. In match play, it concedes the hole to the opponent.