: a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
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Fleetwood, still one shot ahead of Bradley, had the chance to win the tournament by rolling in a long putt from just off the edge of the green, but his shot came up short again, coming to a rest just behind Bradley’s ball, eight feet from the cup.—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026 That putt on the last isn’t easy.—Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026 So many putts burned the edge, and then the last one dropped from 30 feet.—CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026 Woods fails to notice a ball mark in the line of his 4-foot birdie putt that would have won his third-round match against Nick O’Hern.—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for putt
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Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put