pitch shot

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

Schenk drove into the rough behind the hole, though had an impressive pitch shot.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2023

Woods actually outdrove both Hovland and Schauffele at the first, and was cruising along until the third, when he caught a pitch shot high on his club face and left it short of the green.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Norway's Viktor Hovland sends his pitch shot from the rough straight into the hole for an eagle two on the 15th hole of the Old Course at St Andrews.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2022

His approach wound up left of the green, his pitch shot came up short again, another chip finally got him onto the putting surface and a three-putt left him with a triple bogey.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2022

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

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van