sclaff
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- verb-intransitive To scrape or strike the ground with a golf club behind the ball before hitting it.
- verb-transitive To strike (the ground) with a golf club before hitting the ball.
- verb-transitive To hit (a ball) in this manner.
Examples
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When, as often happens, this is done too suddenly, a sclaff is the result.
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All I remember of the night was that it was flipping cold and Gifton Noel-Williams scored with the flukiest sclaff I have ever seen.
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In making his correction the man is very likely to overdo it and strike the sand before the ball, causing a sclaff, or, on the other hand, not to correct sufficiently when the only possible result would be a topped ball and probably a hopeless position in the hazard.
Note
The word 'sclaff' may come from a Scots word meaning 'to strike with a flat surface'.
