| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | alto retenido/alta retención | | English translation: | back spin or \"bite\" | | Entered by: |  alidalc |
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation | | Spanish term or phrase: golpe y **alto retenido** (golf) | Hello, in a description of a hole for a golf course:
Su green require de *****un golpe y alto retenido**** para evitar los bunkers que rodean la parte trasera del green y la pendiente que desvia los golpes que llegan rodando hacia la derecha.
The initial part of the description goes like this:
la salida juega un papel clave en el devenir del hoyo. Los bunkers a ambos lados exigen un golpe con linea si se quiere obtener renta del hoyo. El segundo golpe podrá efectuarse a la zona del green o bien a colocar pasado el grupo de bunkers del centro de la calle.
Is this perhaps a short, high shot?
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| | high rate of back spin or "bite" | Explanation:
In golf, when a ball flies with a high rate of "back spin" and hits the green, it will stop or roll backwards, opposite to the original flight direction. I believe that's what they call "alta retención", i.e. the ball stops quickly on the green and doesn´t roll into the bunkers at the back of the green. Hope this helps. |
| Selected response from:
Luis Javier Otoya
Colombia
Local time: 15:29
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