: a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
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The 23-year-old kicked off his closing flourish with birdies on 13 and 14, then dropped in an 8-foot eagle putt on the par-5 15th.—Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026 Hwang hit an 18-foot putt on the 17th hole Saturday in which the right-to-left wind sent her ball toward a ridge and then off the green.—Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026 Jupiter Links is ranked fifth in scrambling, sixth in short putts made inside 10 feet, sixth in average length of putts made, and fourth in Hammers won.—Keith Stewart, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026 The last putt offset a birdie on 18 by Dahmen, who also shot 68.—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for putt
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Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put