flagstick
noun
flag·stick
ˈflag-ˌstik 
: a staff for a flag marking the location of the cup on a golf putting green
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Just point to your ball, and then to the flagstick.
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Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, it was completely blocked by trees, so Homa had no view of the flagstick.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Hovland has peppered Oakmont flagsticks all week, leading the field in approach proximity.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 15 June 2025
When the broadcast returned, Henley's ball was already halfway toward the hole, clanging off the flagstick and dropping in for a swinging eagle.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
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Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, it was completely blocked by trees, so Homa had no view of the flagstick.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Hovland has peppered Oakmont flagsticks all week, leading the field in approach proximity.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 15 June 2025
When the broadcast returned, Henley's ball was already halfway toward the hole, clanging off the flagstick and dropping in for a swinging eagle.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for flagstick
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“Flagstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagstick. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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