have a swing at

Maybe we should let the professionals have a swing at it next time.

“I didn’t have a swing at the time, I had no speed, my short game wasn’t quite there yet,” he said.

I didn’t have a swing at the time.

"That would be the tour's dream, that we could have an extended tour in the Middle East maybe two times a year ... preferably have a swing at the beginning of the year and a swing at the end of the year."

But I did want to have a swing at something, to have a feel of the swing.