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Improved lie
altering the ball's position, or the way it rests (lies) on the ground, so as to make the it easier to contact cleanly -- mainly put into effect when course conditions are not acceptable for playing the ball down, usually due to wet, soggy conditions) (also "improved lies, improving your lie, preferred lies, winter rules, bumping it")

In
the last nine holes (10-18) of an eighteen hole golf course (also "back, back nine, back side, last nine, second nine")

In play
officially, the ball is in play once the tee shot comes to rest anywhere on the course (not out of bounds) -- informally, more commonly used to also include the fact that the next shot is "playable" (i.e., not in the forest, a water hazard, potentially lost, etc.)

Index
Insert
a separate piece of material that is joined with the body of a club's head (usually on/in the club's face) for the purpose of providing more durability, more feel, or some other effect

Inside
1. closer to the hole than 2. closer to the body than (e.g., inside the target line, inside takeaway)

Inside-out
a swing path that travels from inside (closer to the body than) the target line to outside (farther away from the body than) the target line

Inside the leather
closer to the hole than the length of the putter (from the head to where the grip begins), archaic: putters used to be of uniform length and the shortest club in the bag, and grips used to be made of leather, thus the phrase (inside = closer than) (the leather = where the grip begins) -- it was common practice among some groups of golfers, before greens were so well manicured, to place the head of the putter in the hole and then lay it down on the green toward the ball to see if the remaining distance was inside the leather" -- see also "gimme"

Interlocking grip
a method of placing the hands on the club such that the index finger of the top hand (nearest the end of the handle or grip) and the pinky of the bottom hand hook together, intertwine or interlock (also "interlock grip")

Intermediate target
a real or imaginary reference point, or target, that is on the line between the ball and the ultimate target (usually but not always fairly close to the ball) to make alignment easier

Inward nine
the back nine or final nine holes of a golf course, so named because older links style courses were designed to come back "in" toward the clubhouse after going "out" away from the clubhouse on the front nine.
Iron
a club with a head made of steel or iron and a relatively narrow sole, lofts and lengths are spaced to produce different shot lengths with a single swing motion. (lofts usually range from between 16° for a #1 iron and up to 65° for the most lofted wedges)
 
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