foozled

On the green we shall need to be very careful, as a stroke wasted or poorly played counts just as much against our score if the ball goes only a few feet as if we sliced or "foozled" our drive.

Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller

He foozled five or six shots, including his approach on No. 1 into a greenside swamp, but otherwise placed his drives in the fairways and his approaches on the greens with dismaying accuracy.

Trading Shots With Donald Trump 2010

At least a half dozen times today, watching some putt or chip leave a player's clubface, I thought to myself, "Oh, no! That's a terrible shot!" only to watch in amazement as the apparently foozled ball kept rolling and rolling and eventually snuggled in good proximity to the hole.

Hills in Them There Greens 2008

“Did Alf Moult try to rob the till and run away in a fright when he foozled the job?”

Tied Up in Tinsel Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1972

This particular afternoon he had tried to play the seventh hole as it should be played, and though we had both foozled, I had won the hole and romped triumphantly home with the side of pig.

32 Caliber Donald McGibeny

However, having foozled into a ruined pillbox, I reduced the offer by half, and later on, confident -- not to say insulting -- reports from Laxey induced me to withdraw the concession altogether.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 Various

Perhaps I foozled my drive rather worse than Henry, but then he never took fewer than five strokes on the green, whereas I have occasionally done it in four.

Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel

"Yes, and banged up some too; but mighty glad he didn't go kerflummick down to them rocks when Percy foozled," grumbled another voice.

The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck John Luther Langworthy

That is to say, we are not acquainted with the duffer who foozled fifteen strokes.

Public Opinion Walter Lippmann 1931

I've had my chance, and I've foozled; and now I'm going back to make him happy by being a real live member of the firm.

The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories 1928