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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The first known use of ball mark was in 1976
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