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Definition of ball mark

golf
: an indentation on a putting green caused when a usually long, high approach shot lands on the green Woods lost on the next hole and afterward blamed the missed putt on a ball mark that he failed to see.— Alan Shipnuck, Sports Illustrated, 25 June 2007

— called also pitch mark

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First Known Use of ball mark

1976, in the meaning defined above

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“Ball mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20mark. Accessed 7 Mar. 2021.

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