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English translation: back spin or \"bite\"

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Spanish term or phrase:alto retenido/alta retención
English translation:back spin or \"bite\"
Entered by: alidalc

18:38 Oct 19, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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?

Thank you!
Alison Imms
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.
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Luis Javier Otoya
Local time: 22:52
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Summary of answers provided
5high shot with plenty of backspin / bite
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4high rate of back spin or "bite"
Luis Javier Otoya


  

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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.

Luis Javier Otoya
Local time: 22:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
high shot with plenty of backspin / bite


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-19 20:33:31 GMT)
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Se trata del efecto de retroceso que cierto tipo de impacto imprime a la bola.

Backspin (efecto de retroceso): Es un efecto aplicado a la pelota, ... Es la hoja en la que el puntaje se anota para una ronda de golf. ...
www.galaxiagolf.com/viewtopic.php?t=2108 -

LECCIONES DE GOLF - BACKSPIN Hace tiempo que recibimos mensajes pidiendo sugerencias sobre cómo hacer backspin, o efecto de retroceso cuando la bola alcanza el green. ...
www.webdejuanfrancisco.com/paginadegolf/.../backspin.htm -

Golf: Chip and Pitch to Lower Scores - Pitching is when you are about 100 yards or less from the flag, and you hit a high shot with plenty of backspin to stop smartly when it lands ...
www.articlesbase.com/.../golf-chip-and-pitch-to-lower-score... -

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 05:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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