four-ball

Best-ball team match

Four-ball is a golf format where two teams of two players compete, with each player playing their own ball throughout.

On each hole, the lower score between teammates counts as the team's score.

The format appears in major team competitions like the Ryder Cup: They won their four-ball match on the 17th hole.

billiards

cue

Trigger for action

  • pocketFabric compartment in clothing
  • breakInterrupt continuity
  • rackFrame for holding items

solids · stripes · pool · shot · scratch · triangle · table · bridge · partner · teams

golf

foursomes

Groups of four

green · fairway · tee · putt · scoring · Nassau · dormie · concede · halved · medal

technique

aim

Purpose or direction

  • angleGeometric measure of rotation
  • spinRapid rotation around axis
  • englishSpin on struck ball

bank · masse · carom · potting · cushion · trajectory · deflection · alignment · stance · follow-through

Categories
Opposites
number of players per side

four-ballsingles

Unattached individuals

singles match · one-on-one · medal play

scoring method

four-ballfoursomes

Groups of four

foursome · chapman · scramble

Family

four, ball, fours, balls, balled, balling, fourth, fourths, fourteen

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