Skull

Skulling
When a golfer hits the ball at or above it?s centre.
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Skull: To strike the top of the ball with an upwards, glancing blow. Similar to "hitting it thin". Sometimes spelled "scull" as in the glancing motion of an oar that makes improper contact with the water.

Skulling
Hitting the ball at or above its center causing the ball to be hit too hard and travel too great a distance
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skulling-- To mishit a golf shot by striking the top portion of the golf ball. This frequently causes the ball to be hit too hard.

Skulling
Hitting a chip or pitch shot too hard and sending the ball past the green.
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skulling To strike the top half of the ball causing it to fly too far and low.
sky Opposite of "skulling".
slice An exaggerated "draw".

Skull
A mis-hit shot. Hitting the ball at or above its center causing the ball to be hit too low, too hard and travel too great a distance.
The edge of the bunker that is farthest from the green.

Skull (Hit it in the Forehead): See Blade or Thin.
Sky: Ball flies off the top of the clubface - very high and short.
Sleeve of Balls: Box of three golf balls.

Skull: Hitting the ball above it's center, thus making it fly very low to the ground.

Skull : When the ball is contacted with the leading edge of the flange of the club rather than the face of the club. The resulting trajectory is noticeably low. Example: He hit a good drive, but then skulled his wedge over the green.

Skulled and thin chips and pitches are the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of how the ball gets in the air. Basically, these types of misses occur because many players believe they have to get the clubhead under the ball to get it up.

Skull Shots Chipping
Good tip with one item I might add. Do not ever decelerate the club; a double hit (2-stroke penalty) usually results.
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Skull
To hit the ball above its center, usually on a chip or pitch shot, causing it to travel too far.
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Skull Line -- The line across the skull from tops of ears inward taking in the temples, outside corners of eye sockets, inside corners of eye sockets, ...

Bladed Shot Often referred to as a "skulled" shot, it occurs when the top half of the ball is struck with the bottom portion of an iron, resulting a low-running shot.

skull (also "blade, thin, belly") when the ball is contacted with the leading edge instead of the face of the club, producing a low trajectory shot with less than the usual amount of spin ...

This is the key to this type of shot, because if you hit the ground first, the club will bounce off the ground before hitting the ball and lead to a "Skulled" or "Equator" Shot.
(2) Place slightly more weight on your front foot.

Upset, you rush the next chip and skull it well past the hole. Now you're really heated and you make three tension-filled putting strokes and card a 7.

Sometimes I will skull the ball across the green, other times hit it fat and hardly advance the ball. I definitely do not feel as comfortable when finessing those short shots - arms tighten up and unsure how hard to hit the ball. Any suggestions.

In this situation I'll sometimes take a 9-iron or wedge and Intentionally hit it thin - skull it - assuming there's no big trouble in front of the green.

A dense skull and an inflated ego has kept me from advancing my game beyond that point. I now understand that to improve my game, I will have to start over from the beginning.

Of all golf's woes you must imagine,
None so blighted as Johnny McDuff
He skulled, he tipped, he skied the ball.
What say you McDuff's game, Master Spence?

Skull---hitting high on the ball causing it to fly low and roll rather than get it into the air. (Also called topping the ball, hitting it thin, or blading.) ...

In order to give herself some practice in this area, I think, she quite masterfully played a beautiful skull-shank hybrid kind of shot (extremely difficult to execute) that ricocheted off a tree and ended up in a bunker.

Thin shot
A poor shot where the clubhead strikes too high up on the ball, resulting in a shallow flight path. Also known as "skulling" or "blading" the ball.

The main problem higher handicap golfers have with this shot is that they stub the club behind the ball or that they catch the ball higher and skull it through the green.

That would have to be the biggest thing. You never see a ball go over a green unless they skull it. They're always short, it seems. When I give a clinic to amateurs, that's a thing I stress to them.

Is it dangerous? You bet it is. Take the least bit of sand and you won't get halfway to the green; skull the ball and you'll either hit the lip of the bunker or sail it over the green. But it's worth a try.

Thin: To hit the ball thin is to strike it too high, and often times with the leading edge of the club. This usually results in a slice or a very low trajectory — also known as “skulling' the ball or “topping' the ball.

By keeping your weight forward, it allows you to make a steeper swing to cut through the heavy rough. A narrow stance prevents lower body sway that frequently results in "skulling" the ball across the green.

Also known as "skulling" or "blading" the ball.
Through line: When putting, the imaginary path that a ball would travel on should the putted ball go past the hole.

Skull - To hit the top of the ball a glancing blow with the leading edge of the club
Sky - A ball hit high into the air that travels little distance
Slice - An unintentional, uncontrolled shot which flies from left to right ...

See also: Golf, Hit, Shot, Swing, Rough