: a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
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Stout birdied the 72nd hole to edge Alabama sophomore William Jennings by one shot after Jennings missed a par putt on his final hole that would have forced a playoff.—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 However, Smith delivered a 10-foot dagger putt that secured a birdie and the championship.—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026 Joo missed another fairway to the right into a clumpy lie, pitched back to the fairway, sent her wedge over the green with a front pin, chipped 8 feet by the hole and missed the putt, taking a double bogey to fall three shots behind.—ABC News, 31 May 2026 After making 15-foot putts at the 171-yard 16th hole and the par-4 17th, Henley got to 12 under with a 17-footer on the par-4 18th.—CBS News, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for putt
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Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put