Golf. [pa. pple. of TOP v.1 18 a.] Struck, as a ball, in the upper half; in which the ball is so struck.
1901. Westm. Gaz., 16 Aug., 2/2. If you put forward that plea for the foundered drive, the topped approach, or the putt that ‘gangs agee,’ your partner must accept it. Ibid. (1902), 17 Oct., 4/2. The topped stroke with an iron, that sent the ball no great distance when gutta-percha was employed, answers nearly as well as a perfectly aimed shot when the ‘Haskell’ or ‘Kempshall’ is in use. Ibid. (1907), 13 Sept., 3/1. The natural penalty of an errant shot or a topped shot.
