flagstick
noun
flag·stick
ˈflag-ˌstik 
: a staff for a flag marking the location of the cup on a golf putting green
Examples of flagstick in a Sentence
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After just missing the green in two on the mammoth 605-yard par 5, Clark found himself with an extremely difficult uphill lie in thick rough with a bunker sitting between his ball and the flagstick.
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Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
McConnell allegedly jumped from the general admission bleachers at the 16th hole in just a pair of underwear and ran to the green before dancing with the flagstick.
—Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
Ryan is that golfer who punches out of the trees and back into the fairway; Wentz tries to thread it through the woods to the flagstick.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
He looked deflated at first, as the ball sailed past the flagstick.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2022
The result is a shot that travels about 80 yards in the air and rolls a long way – and, in two cases in the past year – stopping only when the ball struck the flagstick.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 July 2022
Among the craziest happenings of the day was Hideki Matsuyami’s chip from the high grass from behind the fifth green that hit the flagstick on the fly and ricocheted sideways into a bunker.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
Players looking to try their luck, simply cue up a contest, take dead aim at the virtual flagstick and compete to win cash prizes.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 20 May 2022
Both hit approaches right of the flagstick that spun back.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2022
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Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
McConnell allegedly jumped from the general admission bleachers at the 16th hole in just a pair of underwear and ran to the green before dancing with the flagstick.
—Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
Ryan is that golfer who punches out of the trees and back into the fairway; Wentz tries to thread it through the woods to the flagstick.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
He looked deflated at first, as the ball sailed past the flagstick.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2022
The result is a shot that travels about 80 yards in the air and rolls a long way – and, in two cases in the past year – stopping only when the ball struck the flagstick.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 July 2022
Among the craziest happenings of the day was Hideki Matsuyami’s chip from the high grass from behind the fifth green that hit the flagstick on the fly and ricocheted sideways into a bunker.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
Players looking to try their luck, simply cue up a contest, take dead aim at the virtual flagstick and compete to win cash prizes.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 20 May 2022
Both hit approaches right of the flagstick that spun back.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1888, in the meaning defined above
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“Flagstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagstick. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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