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pitch (pich)
1. a dark viscous residue from distillation of tar and other substances.
2. any of various bituminous substances such as natural asphalt.
3. a resin from the sap of some coniferous trees.
4. the quality of sound dependent principally on its frequency.

pitch
Etymology: ME, picchen
1 the highness or lowness of a tone or sound depending on the rate of vibration of the sound source.
2 (in helical computed tomography) the ratio of table advancement per 360-degree rotation of the x-ray tube to the detector collimator.

pitch [pich]
1. a dark, more or less viscous residue from distillation of tar and other substances.
2. any of various bituminous substances such as natural asphalt.
3. a resin from the sap of some coniferous trees.
4. the quality of sound dependent on the frequency of vibration of the waves producing it.

pitch
1. a dark, more or less viscous residue from distillation of tar and other substances.
2. natural asphalt of various kinds.
3. the quality of sound dependent on the frequency of vibration of the waves producing it

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After missing the green of the par-4 first hole with his approach shot, Dukeminier said he hit "one of the best pitch shots I've ever hit" and extended the playoff to the second hole, which he won with a par.
With pitch shots, the ideal result is for the ball to bounce once or twice and stop.
The only thing I messed up on, I think were two easy pitch shots on the two par-5s on the back nine, didn't get those up-and-down -- easy pitches -- and hit two atrocious pitches there.
 
 
 
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