: a golf match in which the best individual score of one partnership is matched against the best individual score of another partnership for each hole
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Charley Hull and Lydia Ko fought back to tie Japan's Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda in a heated four-ball match on Thursday, securing their team the crucial half point.
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
For his career, Fleetwood is now a preposterous 10-2-1 in Ryder Cup foursomes and four-ball.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Should the same team combination appear more than once — or if the one unassigned combination is drawn — the result is thrown out, leading to another four-ball combination being selected.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2025
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
For his career, Fleetwood is now a preposterous 10-2-1 in Ryder Cup foursomes and four-ball.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Should the same team combination appear more than once — or if the one unassigned combination is drawn — the result is thrown out, leading to another four-ball combination being selected.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2025
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“Four-ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-ball. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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