Definitions
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- noun golf A
match between twoteams of twogolfers , each playing his or her ownball throughout theround rather thanalternating shots, and eachhole won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I've played some of my best golf in fourball and didn't win."
USATODAY.com - U.S. out front at Presidents Cup after strong Day 2 2003
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Is the U.S. as bad as it appears to be in fourball, having lost three of four matches Friday morning?
USATODAY.com - U.S. fights back in afternoon, trails by one 2002
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The 37-year-old American halved with Davies and Raquel Carriedo in fourball
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Four of the last five Ryder Cups that we've lost were best ball [also known as fourball] in the morning.
Conquering Europe 2008
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The fourball were a bit on the yobbish side - but when one of them missed a two footer to lose the match, he exploded into stream of profanity which made the china tea cups rattle.
Unintended Consequences Glyn Davies 2007
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The fourball were a bit on the yobbish side - but when one of them missed a two footer to lose the match, he exploded into stream of profanity which made the china tea cups rattle.
Archive 2007-06-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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Mind you, when it came to the US captain's decision to complete his fourball line-up with the rookie pairing of Bubba Watson and Jeff Overton, the Europe captain dispensed any need for interpretation.
Ryder Cup 2010: Colin Montgomerie uses dark arts to steel European team Lawrence Donegan at Celtic Manor 2010
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"We are quietly confident," the always taciturn Westwood said after the pairings for tomorrow morning's series of fourball matches were announced.
Ryder Cup 2010: Colin Montgomerie uses dark arts to steel European team Lawrence Donegan at Celtic Manor 2010
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There was more where that came from – plenty more, with Montgomerie doing more stirring than the witches in Macbeth after Pavin announced that Tiger Woods, who has led out the USA pairings on the first day of his last three Ryder Cup appearances, would be paired with Steve Stricker in the third fourball match.
Ryder Cup 2010: Colin Montgomerie uses dark arts to steel European team Lawrence Donegan at Celtic Manor 2010
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"The Ryder Cup is in Monty's blood," Torrance said on Saturday, and there was another vivid example of his identification with the competition in 2004, at Oakland Hills, when Bernhard Langer, perhaps the shrewdest and most calculating of all Ryder Cup captains, sent him out with Padraig Harrington to beat Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the world's No1 and No2, in the opening fourball on the first morning.
Cometh the Ryder Cup moment, cometh captain Colin Montgomerie Richard Williams 2010
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