also: ラブオブザグリーン
expression
rub of the green
A golf term referring to a stroke affected by an outside agency, or more broadly, bad luck on the course. Used as a set phrase in Japanese golf contexts.
あのバンカーショットはラブ・オブ・ザ・グリーンだったね。
That bunker shot was a rub of the green, wasn't it.