Definition of Golf stroke

1. Noun. The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it.

Exact synonyms: Golf Shot, Swing
Generic synonyms: Shot, Stroke
Specialized synonyms: Downswing, Fade, Slice, Slicing, Draw, Hook, Hooking, Drive, Driving, Explosion, Putt, Putting, Approach, Approach Shot, Sclaff, Shank, Teeoff
Derivative terms: Swing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golf Stroke

golf course
golf courses
golf equipment
golf game
golf glove
golf hole
golf lesson
golf links
golf pencil
golf pencils
golf player
golf pro
golf range
golf shirt
golf shot
golf stroke (current term)
golf tee
golf widow
golfaholic
golfaholics
golfball
golfcart
golfed
golfer
golfer's cramp
golfer's elbow
golfer's skin
golfers
golfiana

Literary usage of Golf stroke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chick Evans' Golf Book by Charles Evans (1921)
"A good golf stroke does not necessarily proceed from a geometrical diagram. It is a rhythmic movement that Hows through body and club. ..."

2. The Soul of Golf by Percy Adolphus Vaile (1912)
"The golf stroke in itself may be quite easily learned; I mean the true golf stroke, and not the imaginary golf stroke, which has been built up for the ..."

3. Golf by Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Henry James Moncreiff Moncreiff (1892)
"The fact is that in the golf stroke, though the wrists are greatly used—so much so that in some cases the whole stroke is made with them—nevertheless it is ..."

4. A-B-C of Golf by John Duncan Dunn (1916)
"Obviously the golf stroke must be more difficult to execute than either the strictly horizontal hit in baseball or the strictly vertical blow in ..."

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