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Definition of Approach shot

1. Noun. A relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green. "He lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"

Definition of Approach shot

1. Noun. (golf) Any shot, normally not when teeing off, aimed to land on the green, hit for accuracy more than power. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Approach Shot

Literary usage of Approach shot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Golf by Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Henry James Moncreiff Moncreiff (1892)
"A full drive, with which the player smites with full vigour, not expecting to reach the hole, can scarcely be called an ' approach shot,' even though the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"A full approach shot with a lofted club is much more easy to play than a half-shot with a ... The stance for an approach shot is of the same nature ..."

3. Golf for Women by Genevieve Hecker Stout, Rhona K. Adair (1904)
"... and for this reason the low approach shot is more generally used, when the conditions are such that a choice can be made. Another point in favor of this ..."

4. The "House" on Sport by Members of the London Stock Exchange by William Alphonse Morgan, Stock Exchange (London, England), England Stock Exchange (London (1898)
"You may hit your tee shot and find it lying safe and sound, but how many times in playing the approach shot has one found that it has been caught by one of ..."

5. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1901)
"In the very longest drive from the tee your intention is to get as nea•- the hole as possible ; and if, contrary to all probability, a long approach shot ..."

6. Hints to Golfers by Charles Stedman Hanks (1902)
"... a cutting approach shot which makes the ball fall dead without much loft, or a running approach shot which runs the ball along the ground. ..."

7. Golf from Two Sides by Roger Henry Wethered, Joyce Wethered (1922)
"In fact it is best to make sure of seeing the club head meet the ball whenever an approach shot is in progress. In fuller shots this might be a counsel of ..."

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