How to Use flagstick in a Sentence

flagstick

noun

• Just point to your ball, and then to the flagstick.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Players must not touch or remove the flagstick from the cups at any time.
  — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• Cups in holes are turned upside down so golfers avoid the flagstick and digging for balls.
  — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2020
• Golfers can’t remove flagsticks while putting and no more than one person can ride in a cart.
  — al, 21 Apr. 2020
• The cups on most greens are raised in order to minimize touching of flagsticks.
  — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2020
• Porter tried to move out of the way, but the ball hit his foot — and caromed directly toward the flagstick.
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 9 June 2019
• The day ended when chip shot for birdie ricocheted off the 18th hole flagstick.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
• Rahm made a gutsy decision to play his third shot away from the hole, flipping the ball to the right of the hole above the flagstick.
  — New York Times, 20 June 2021
• Mickelson, from his position, couldn’t even see the flagstick.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• Ryan is that golfer who punches out of the trees and back into the fairway; Wentz tries to thread it through the woods to the flagstick.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
• Poston took sole possession of the lead with a birdie on that hole after placing a bunker shot 6 feet from the flagstick.
  — Joedy McCreary, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Players looking to try their luck, simply cue up a contest, take dead aim at the virtual flagstick and compete to win cash prizes.
  — Mike Dojc, Forbes, 20 May 2022
• Yet interpreting those rules can be almost as challenging as trying to whack the ball toward the flagstick.
  — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 21 June 2026
• Thursday’s biggest roar at Augusta came when a yellow ball hit a yellow flagstick, dropping in the cup.
  — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
• At most courses, carts are being sanitized, ball washers removed and players are advised not to remove flagsticks or rake bunkers.
  — Kent Somers, azcentral, 25 Mar. 2020
• The ball doinked off the flagstick and rolled into the water again, leaving Scott gobsmacked and with a double-bogey seven.
  — Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
• The result is a shot that travels about 80 yards in the air and rolls a long way – and, in two cases in the past year – stopping only when the ball struck the flagstick.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 July 2022
• His sky-tingling wedge shot from 97 yards landed about 4 feet from the flagstick and spun obediently into the hole for eagle.
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 9 June 2019
• Spaun stepped up to the drivable par-4 17th and hit a beautiful drive that raced right by the flagstick, leaving him with a medium-range putt for eagle.
  — Troy Finnegan‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
• McIlroy ended the competition by knocking his ball slightly closer to the flagstick.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 18 May 2020
• Antennas are like flagsticks for enemy drones, and Boyko had already been the victim of an air strike in Tabaivka that nearly killed him.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• Em Casey posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, that shows a hairy tarantula crawling on the base of a flagstick.
  — Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
• There no longer will be penalties if a golf ball accidentally moves on the green, if a club touches the ground in a hazard or if the ball hits a flagstick that is not being tended on the green.
  — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Most counties are recommending tee times must be taken over the phone or online to prevent human contact, and not touching common surfaces such as the flagstick.
  — Jacob Myers, Cincinnati.com, 31 Mar. 2020
• When the broadcast returned, Henley's ball was already halfway toward the hole, clanging off the flagstick and dropping in for a swinging eagle.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
• In most tournaments, that would at least offer the promise of softening the greens, allowing players to fire more aggressively at flagsticks.
  — Brian Costa, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2018
• Local courses also filled the 6-inch deep cups on the greens about two-thirds full with Styrofoam to keep players from touching it or having to remove the flagstick.
  — Mike Joseph, ExpressNews.com, 28 May 2020
• Saturday was Navy Day, with a uniformed serviceman standing at attention with the flagstick as the players putted out.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
• The solid gold locket looks like the Masters emblem — in the shape of the United States with a flagstick placed on the state of Georgia.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
• Players no longer will be assessed a one-shot penalty if their golf ball accidentally moves, if their club touches the ground while in a hazard or even if a putt strikes a flagstick that is not being tended.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2017