| 单词 | to play the odd |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play the odd 3. Golf. A stroke that brings a player's score for a hole to one more than his or her opponent. Frequently in to play the odd. Cf. like n.1 6. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > odds or handicaps handicap1871 odd1881 scratch1897 mulligan1936 1881 R. Forgan Golfer's Handbk. 35 (Jam. Suppl.) (1) ‘An odd’, ‘two odds’, etc. per hole, means the handicap given to a weak opponent by deducting one, two, etc. strokes from his total every hole. (2) To have played ‘the odd’ is to have played one stroke more than your adversary. 1899 W. Camp & L. Brooks Drives & Puts iv. 85 Tom playing the odd, put a ball just this side of the green, and Hugh, on the like, made a beautiful iron. 1921 A. Kirkaldy Fifty Yrs. Golf 65 The American had the terrible uphill battle to fight, of playing the odd for his second shot all the way round. 1946 F. Moran Golfers' Gallery ix. 97 Fischer had the advantage from the tee..because it had the Scot playing the odd. 1955 R. Browning Hist. Golf 178 In so doing, he would play the odd. < as lemmas |
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