skull
v.— «Kelly Childs hit his tee shot out of bounds. Later, he hit into a trap and skulled his escape across the green. Two putts gave his a quadruple-bogey eight. “A disaster hole,” said the woman who once wore high-heeled shoes across a green.» —“Pebble Beach Gives Swift Kick to Fragile Dream” by Dave Kindred Washington Post Aug. 13, 1977. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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