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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Every shot, chip and putt will be intense, the Skins Game (remember when that was a thing?) multiplied by a lot.
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But the real trouble is the downhill approach to a two-tiered green that makes for easy three putts if your third (or fourth or fifth!) shot ends up at the wrong end.
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All that said, the putting surfaces roll so smooth and are in such pristine shape that players will still end up making their fair share of putts.
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Jessica Korda, who tied for third at Lake Merced, leads the LPGA Tour in scoring average and putts per greens in regulation.
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Auburn men's golf won its first SEC Championship since 2002 on a walk-off putt against Alabama on the 18th hole.
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That putter awoke Saturday, however, and Fowler needed just 26 putts to charge up the leaderboard.
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The 68-year-old Watson, a Kansas City native and legend of golf, needed only eight putts in nine holes to shoot a 6-under par 21 and become the oldest golfer to win the 57th annual Masters Par 3 Contest.
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Valdes finished fourth in the chipping competition and fifth in driving with a mark of 242.2 yards, then rallied into the tie for the overall lead by winning the putting portion with two putts that combined were within 2 feet, 6 inches of the hole.
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Origin and Etymology of putt
Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put
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First Known Use: circa 1754
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