explosion shot

noun

Golf.

1. a shot for playing a golf ball out of a sand trap in which the club is swung down into the sand just under and behind the ball.

Word History and Origins

Origin of explosion shot¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

An explosion shot that raced off the green into 6 inches of rough.

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Sam played a beautiful explosion shot to within six feet of the cup.

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This time, a perfect explosion shot is pulled off.

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A friend of mine once skulled an explosion shot, then slammed his wedge against his bag and cursed the greenkeeper’s crew for having failed to undo the effects of the previous day’s hard rain.

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McGirt punctuated his bogey-free Sunday with a terrific up-and-down on the first hole of a playoff against Jon Curran, using the slope behind the pin as a backboard on a long explosion shot from the sand.

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