snap hook

noun

1

: spring hook

2

golf : duck hook

His rushed drive, a snap hook into deep rough, led to a bogey …

—Jaime Diaz, Sports Illustrated, 19 Aug. 1996

snap-hook transitive verb

snap-hooked; snap-hooking; snap-hooks

On number 10 he snap-hooked his tee shot, which ended up under a tree …

—Tim Crothers, Sports Illustrated, 28 June 1993

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