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pitch shot

noun, Golf.

1.

a shot in which the ball is hit high into the air and with backspin to ensure little roll upon landing, used in approaching the green.

Compare chip shot.

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I played my pitch shot, with plenty of back-spin on it, and stopped ten or twelve feet short of the hole.

Fore! Charles Emmett Van Loan

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