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Golf
A precision club-and-ball sport in which players hit a small ball into a series of holes in as few strokes as possible.
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Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
List of 4-letter Sports
2
Judo
A Japanese combat sport based on throws and ground grappling in which one decisive technique can win the bout.
3
Luge
A winter Olympic sport in which sliders race feet-first on their backs down a refrigerated ice track on a small sled.
4
Polo
A team equestrian sport in which mounted players use long mallets to drive a small wooden ball into the opposing goal.
5
Sumo
Japan's traditional grappling sport in which two heavy wrestlers try to force each other out of a circular clay ring.
6
Xare
A Basque variant of pelota played with a leather glove that catches and hurls the ball against a court wall.
About 4-letter sports
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