approach shot

1. (Golf) golf Also called: approach a shot made to or towards the green after a tee shot

2. (Tennis) tennis a deep drive, usually hit with slice to keep the ball low, designed to enable the player to make an approach to the net

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approach shot

Iron shot or long putt to the hole.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

approach shot - 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"

approach

golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes

golf shot, golf stroke, swing - the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

chip shot, chip - (golf) a low running approach shot

pitch shot, pitch - a high approach shot in golf

Translations

approach shot

n (Tennis) → colpo d'approccio

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'He used to slice his approach shots. I cured him.'

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Hamza had birdied the third and by the time he birdied the fifth after setting himself up with a delightful approach shot, momentum seemed to be shifting.

Matloob edges Tariq in tense playoff to grab CNS Open crown

Bourdage hit a solid 4-hybrid approach shot from 174 yards on the last hole to within six feet and clinched the 2-up victory as Saso conceded the match after muffing her birdie bid from just about the same distance.

Saso dream run ends in semis

On the par 4 hole 16, he nailed his approach shot from 112 feet to just 8 feet for a birdie opportunity that he converted to wrest back the solo lead from the Kiwi and with the American slipping away out of contention with another bogey to fall three back.

Aidric Chan wins IMG Academy Junior World Championship

1 used his experience and showed his poise in sudden death, unleashing a superb drive on their return to the par-4 closing hole then hitting his approach shot to "gimme" distance.

Juvic clips Bibat in playoff

Lorenzo-Vera was a contender until a double bogey on the par-five 14th and he sent his approach shot into the water on the 18th chasing a birdie that would have earned him a place in the play-off.

Fitzpatrick defends European Masters title after missing out on Ryder Cup spot

figure By LARRY NGALAbr Youngster Leo Zurovac beat a large field of 180 golfers at the tough and long playing Vet Lab Sports Club course over the weekend, to emerge the overall winner in the first leg of this years CIC Group golf series.The 14-year-old Zurovac scratched the par four-10th and hit his driver to the bunker and his approach shot to the water, though he parred five holes and picked up one birdie there after for 19 points in the back nine and a total of 38 points.

Teen sensation Zurovac claims CIC series first leg

Players will be allowed 50sec for the first approach shot, chip or putt in a group - including a tee-shot on a par-three - then 40 seconds for tee shots on other holes and the second or third shots in a group.

TIME'S UP FOR GOLF'S SNAILS

Players will be allowed 50 seconds for the first approach shot, chip or putt in a group - including a tee shot on a par three - then 40 seconds for tee shots on other holes and the second or third shots in a group.

Golfers will have to be set to rock around clock

Imdad hit an approach shot that was not champion like, M Akram too faltered but Akhter Ali hit a cultivated fancy looking shot to land within four feet of the hole.

Akhter bags Punjab Open Golf senior pro title

The shot of the day came on the par five, 18th hole when I had 232 yards for my approach shot that I hit to 15 feet.

Yousuf Ali wins March monthly medal

Distance is far more important on an approach shot than it is from the tee.

Slow down that quick, fall swing