Example Sentences

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I don't know how far he's got into it, because I saw him playing not long ago and he duffed his chip into the water.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2023

I’m like, ‘Yeah, you’re right, I just duffed the crap out of that chip.’

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2021

Having hooked into trees on 8, he bladed a chip, then duffed one coming back, before nailing an absurd par saver.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2020

My only real concern was when they duffed a shot a few yards into the infield and instinctively chased after it, narrowly avoiding shanked 8-irons that screamed by their heads.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 16, 2019

We deliberately duffed most of our strokes at several holes, but this course of procedure tired us immensely, and so at last we abandoned it and began to play our natural game.

From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry