: a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole
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The Salt Lake City native faced Young again on the 13th hole and managed to get his ball to within nine feet of the hole with a birdie putt, while his opponent left his ball in the rough.—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025 McIlroy’s only birdies came with putts from 3 feet on 9 and from 17 inches on 18.—Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025 There was a pop when Ludvig Åberg made a putt to win another point for The Bay.—Brody Miller and Hugh Kellenberger, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 After McIlroy’s tapped in for par on No. 17, Lowry barely missed an 8-foot birdie putt, keeping McIlory’s lead at three entering the 72nd hole.—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for putt
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Etymology
Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put
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