单词 | underclub |
释义 | underclubv. Golf. reflexive. To select (for oneself) a club which will not satisfactorily strike the ball the required distance. Also intransitive and underˈclubbed adj., underˈclubbing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (reflexive)] > select wrong club underclub1900 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > selecting wrong club underclubbing1931 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > having selected wrong club underclubbed1936 1900 H. Hilton in Outing Sept. 654 A besetting sin of nearly all golfers is to what may be termed ‘underclub themselves’. 1923 Daily Mail 8 May 12 When in doubt underclub yourself and hit hard. 1931 T. H. Cotton Golf vii. 56 There are more shots lost through underclubbing than anything else. 1936 P. A. Vaile Short Game 33 At least ninety-five per cent. of those that swing putters are grievously under-clubbed. 1955 Times 2 May 4/1 Burgess underclubbed at the 11th. 1961 Times 28 Mar. 4/2 Underclubbing at the 16th caused their opponents to take three putts. 1961 Times 8 Sept. 4/1 Wolstenholme under~clubbed himself. 1975 D. Langdon How to talk Golf 78 Under-clubbing, a drive which falls short of reaching the green at a short hole. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Jan. 38/3 Every~body underclubs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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