intransitive. To strike the ball gently and carefully with a putter, with the object of making it roll along the surface of the green and into the…

Golf. intransitive. To play the approach stroke.

transitive and intransitive. To perform (a shot) badly (sometimes spec.: see quot. 1897). Also in extended use: to make a mess of (something)…

Golf. to drive the green: to hit the ball from the tee on to the green in a single shot.

intransitive. Golf. To hit at the ball roughly, without skill or control; to progress around a course in this way. Also transitive: to hit at (a…

intransitive. (See quot. 1897.)

Sport. intransitive (originally and chiefly Golf). To try to hit a ball too hard or fast, typically resulting in tense, inaccurate play.

Sport. transitive. spec. Golf. To strike (a ball) so that it rises steeply and lands within a short distance, rolling further than it flies. Also in…

Golf. To putt with so much force that the ball will go some distance past the hole if it fails to go into it.

intransitive. Golf. To chip the ball into the hole (cf. sense 12b). Cf. chip-in, n.

(transitive) to complete (a hole) in two strokes over par; also absol.

transitive. To complete (a hole) in one stroke over par. Also absol.