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  • noun sports A player who is skilled at making shots and scoring even against skilled defense.

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Examples

  • Often called a shotmaker†™ s layout, the Crossings Course doubles across railroad tracks and includes several hills.

    Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed 2008

  • He's still the kind of shotmaker who can deal with a course like Sahalee, which takes the driver out of everyone's hands and replaces it with a need for precision.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • Arnaud Cl é ment, a veteran doubles player, said neither Mr. Paes nor Mr. Bhupathi is an extraordinary shotmaker, but he said they move exceptionally well around the court, which makes them nearly impossible to pass.

    A Doubles Pair Reunited, And It Feels So Good Nicolas Brulliard 2011

  • Being hyper-critical, he's probably still a bit of a hard-handed, away-from-body prodder in the corridor for Tests, but he's arguably the purest and most exhilirating shotmaker and, anyway, Colly has played 68 games with myriad technical 'flaws'.

    The Ashes 2010-11: England management focussed on securing the series | Mike Selvey 2011

  • A fast, flamboyant shotmaker in his prime, whose acute non-verbal intelligence instantly read the implications of any configuration of the balls, he constantly undermined his extraordinary talent with self-destructive excess.

    Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61 2010

  • I still think he was the greatest shotmaker who ever lived and one of the greatest winners.

    Words From Golf's Ancient Twitterer 2010

  • I mean, he won everything on the greens, except for the two tournaments he outplayed everyone from fairway to green that was [the British Opens at] St. Andrews in 2000 and Hoylake in 2006, where he really played shotmaker golf.

    Words From Golf's Ancient Twitterer 2010

  • The scoop: Mercurial shotmaker can be perplexing and brilliant, especially off his one-handed backhand side.

    Russia could reach into bag of tricks to topple U.S. 2007

  • '' He's been a big playmaker, shotmaker all year long, '' Portland coach Mike Dunleavy said.

    USA TODAY Latest news 2000

  • As important as any of his victories was the fact that Payne established himself not only as a formidable competitor, but also a stylish shotmaker and an independent thinker.

    Reaction to the death of Payne Stewart 1999

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