: a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
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There’s even a miniature train, a sculpture garden, a 9-hole pitch and putt course, a coffee museum, and the only working coppersmith in the Channel Islands.—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 The Broadmoor last hosted the U.S. Senior Open in 2018, when David Toms sank a 19-foot par putt on the final hole to secure a one-shot victory over three other golfers.—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 23 June 2025 For many enthusiasts, these innovations make the game more appealing and even addictive, enabling duffers on public courses to command drives and putts that golfers floundering on the sandy Scottish links more than 600 years ago could never imagine.—Miles Corwin, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025 Fleetwood’s miss of an 8-foot putt for par then gave Bradley a layup, a pocket-hanger, a fastball down the middle, depending on your sport of choice, a very similar putt for birdie and the $3.6 million Travelers Championship first prize.—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for putt
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Etymology
Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put
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