Definition of putt
:a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
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As Colbert put it, condemning Nazis is a two-foot putt.
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First Thomas saved par with a solid 8-foot putt on the 519-yard, par-4 16th.
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Thomas had several memorable shots on Sunday, including a par putt on No.
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Kisner faced tougher, faster conditions in the morning and holed a 50-foot eagle putt from short of the green on the par-5 seventh hole.
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With the putt into the wind, Thames picked a spot 5-feet past the hole as his target.
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The White House turned Trump’s 3-foot putts into 30-footers, without acknowledging the change.
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Making four consecutive birdies, Kang sunk putts of nine, 20, 30 and eight feet to establish a three-shot lead that would be reduced but not relinquished.
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Wearing a Denver Broncos hat to represent her Cherry Hills, Colo., roots, McGill took a 4-up lead through the first 18, including draining a 50-foot birdie putt at San Diego’s par-4 fifth.
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Origin and Etymology of putt
Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put
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