: a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
puttverb
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Instead of getting the victory at the 2025 Travelers Championship, Fleetwood, after a messy three-putt bogey at the 72nd hole opened the door for a Keegan Bradley walk-off birdie, trudged away with his sixth runner-up finish.—
Nick Pietruszkiewicz,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026 The choice was as easy as a two-inch tap-in putt.—
Gene Wojciechowski,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026 Staff writer Gabby Herzig and I will send out a new edition after the final putt drops tonight.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
21 June 2026 Back to Jake’s putt for par on the photogenic fifth hole.—
John Dunlap,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for putt
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Etymology
Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put