approach shot

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approach shot

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf Also called approach a shot made to or towards the green after a tee shot

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / 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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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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approach chip chip shot golf golf game golf shot golf stroke pitch pitch shot swing tennis			Tiger pulled his approach shot left and in the rough just off the green. Tiger's Wire to Wire PGA Victory Gets Short Circuited by Yang! by Mike D'Auria / Sports and fitness community The 22-year-old holed her approach shot from 177 yards to eagle the par-four 18th, the first sudden-death play-off hole, at Helsinki Golf Club to see off the challenge of Denmark's Iben Tinning. Oh boy, Beatriz by Birmingham Mail (England) Maggert birdied the par-four 18th, where he landed his approach shot 13 feet from the pin and drained the putt. Maggert, Moore, Riley share halfway Wyndham lead by AFP / AFP American Edition			apprenticed Apprenticehood apprenticeship appressed appressorium apprisal apprise Apprizal apprize Apprizement Apprizer appro approach approach clearance approach control approach end of runway approach lane approach lights approach march approach path approach pattern approach road approach route approach schedule approach sequence approach shot approach time approach trench approachability approachable Approachableness Approacher approaching Approachless Approachment approbate approbation Approbative Approbativeness Approbator Approbatory Appromt Approof Appropinquate Appropinquation Appropinquity Appropre appropriable appropriacy Appropriament appropriate			approach lane approach lane Approach Light Lane Approach Light System Approach Light System with Sequenced Flashing Lights Approach Lighting System Improvement Program Approach Lighting w/ Sequenced Flashing Lights approach lights approach lights approach march Approach March Formation approach navigation approach of danger approach one another Approach Outdoor Education approach path approach path Approach Path Alignment Panels approach pattern Approach Power Compensator Approach Power Control Set approach road approach road approach roads approach roads approach route approach schedule approach segment approach sequence approach sequence approach shot approach shots Approach Sight Distance Approach signal approach surface base line Approach the bench Approach the witness approach time Approach to a Quantitative Follow-Up of Non-Thyroidal Illness Syndrome Approach To Learning Approach to Quality approach trench Approach Users Mailing List approach vector Approach Vertical Jump approach visibility Approach Wedge Approach, Deployment, Learning and Integration approach-approach conflict approach-approach conflict Approach-avoidance conflict Approach-avoidance conflict approach-zone district Approach/Approach Mode Approach/Terminal approachability approachability approachable approachable

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