: a golfer regarded for his or her ability to hit the ball squarely
The 26-year-old is a solid ball-striker and seems to have graduated from the same School of Cool as Retief Goosen, which is to say, nothing seems to excite or bother him very much.—
Jason Sobel, ESPN.com, 2 Jan. 2011
ball-striking
noun
At 5 feet 8 inches, Damron drives the ball with surprising power, but he has been searching for more consistency in his ball-striking.
—Clifton Brown, New York Times, 13 May 2001
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