An act of putting (see putt, v.); a gentle stroke given to the ball, with the object of making it roll along the surface of the green and into the…

Golf. With the. An equal number of strokes played by both players; a stroke that brings a player's score for a hole to the same as his or her…

Golf. A powerful stroke, esp. from the tee using a long club.

attributive and in other combinations, as tee-shot; tee-drawn adj.

Golf. A forceful, rapid putt into the hole.

a shot in which the ball is pushed rather than hit; (Billiards, Snooker, and Pool) a shot, now a foul stroke, in which the ball is pushed with the…

a shot made with an iron (sense 17).

(in billiards, golf, cricket, etc.) a stroke in which the ball is pushed rather than hit; cf. push shot n., push, n.2 2d.

Golf. An act of hitting a ball from the tee (see to drive off 4 at drive, v. phrasal verbs 1). Obsolete.

Golf and Tennis. A slicing stroke. Cf. slice, v.1 5.

colloquial. Sport (originally and chiefly Golf). A long, accurate, and usually powerful shot or ball. Cf. raking, adj.1 2.

Golf. A ‘foozling’ stroke.

Golf. The act of hooking.

Golf. A shot made with an iron (sense 17). Cf. iron shot n. at compounds 2.

Golf. A stroke in which the ball is (usually inadvertently) struck above the centre. Cf. top, v.1 18a.

A stroke in which the club scrapes the ground before hitting the ball.

attributive, as brassy player, brassy shot, brassy stroke.

Sport. Golf (originally Scottish). A stroke in which the ball mainly rolls along the ground. Cf. pitch-and-run (shot) at pitch, n.2 8d run-up, n.…

(a) Golf a short approach shot with a steep trajectory designed to lift the ball up onto the putting green; (b) a short, upward or rising shot in…

Golf. A short approach shot with a steep trajectory designed to lift the ball up onto the putting green. Cf. chip shot n. (a) at compounds 5.

In various technical and specialist senses. Sport. The act of pulling the ball (see pull, v. 31); a shot or stroke executed in this way.

Golf. A particular kind of low stroke.

Golf. A shot in which the ball in flight curves to the left of the player (or to the right, in the case of a left-handed player). Cf. draw, n. 5c.

Short for brassy shot at compounds.

Golf. pitch-and-run (shot): a short approach shot with a low trajectory and minimal backspin, causing the ball to run forward on landing.

(a) Golf a ball driven low into the wind, spec. one played with strong backspin (see quot. 1909); (b) a kind of wind-resistant jacket or blouson.

Sport. A missed shot, a miss; spec. a shot in which a batter, etc., misses the ball and strikes only air.

A chip shot which holes the ball. Cf. chip shot n. (a) at chip, n.2 compounds 5.

Golf. More fully explosion shot. A shot in which the ball is made to jump out of a bunker by striking the sand just behind the ball.

Golf. A putt in which the ball is struck downhill towards the hole.

Golf. (Cf. blast, v. 5b.)

Golf. A golf club designed to hit the ball a long distance, esp. the club having the longest shaft, a large head, and a low degree of loft; (also)…

Golf. An act of striking the ball with the heel of the club.

Golf. That part of the head of a club into which the shaft is fitted; a shot made off the socket.

Sport. Golf. In full recovery shot. A stroke bringing the ball back to the fairway or green from a hazard or the rough.

U.S. slang. A miss, a failure to hit (a ball).

A player known for making accurate or powerful shots. Also: an accurate shot; a golf club which is supposed to aid such a shot.

Golf. A putt remaining after the preceding one overshoots the hole.

Golf. An approach shot with a low trajectory, which sends the ball running along the ground after only a short time in the air.