What Does Flop Mean in Golf?
By The Fairway Labs TeamReviewed
Around the green
Golf term
Flop
Flop in practice
Popularized by Phil Mickelson, the flop is high-risk: an open face and full swing leave little room for error, so it's a shot to practice hard before trusting it under pressure.
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