putt
putt
Definition
putt (put)
noun
Golf a shot made on the putting green in an attempt to roll the ball into the hole
Etymology: < put, v.
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to hit (the ball) in making a putt
putt
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- hole: Roy holed a 50 foot birdie putt on the last hole to take the title.
Noun used with modifier
- birdie: Her birdie putt barely slid past on the right, leaving her an easy par putt.
- eight-foot: However, from the moment that Monty rolled in an eight-foot putt on the first green of Friday's fourballs, Europe took charge.
- eagle: He made birdie but I holed the eagle putt to increase my lead to two shots.
- par: Her birdie putt barely slid past on the right, leaving her an easy par putt.
- shot: Shot putt 88 What did the Queen Mother have replaced in December 1995?
Adjective modifier
- 15-foot: However, Woods drained a 15-foot birdie putt at the final hole to seal his place in golf history.
- 10-foot: He made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 15th, where the hole was tucked on the left side.
- 20-foot: He broke a tie with a 20-foot birdie putt on 14, then chipped in on 16 to take command of the tournament.
- 25-foot: Woods tracked his 25-foot birdie putt, trotting after it and pointing at the ball as it dropped for birdie.
- 12-foot: The American, who missed the green with his approach at the last, failed to sink a 12-foot par putt for the title.
- par: She chipped 8 feet past the cup and missed her par putt, leaving them tied going to the 18th.
Converse of object
- sink: The Match was very close, with Tom Morris sinking a long putt on the last green to win.
- hurry: The data is compiled what will continue shots and hurrying putts differently about things.
- miss: There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt.
- hole: Roy holed a 50 foot birdie putt on the last hole to take the title.
- shoot: Robert Legon gained a very good PB in the u/15 boys shot putt with a distance of - 9m 29 and 3rd.
Modifies a noun
- golf: There is also award winning gardens, tea rooms, children's zoo, and pitch and putt golf.
Preposition: for
Browse dictionary entries near putt
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