pitch-and-putt

American  

[pich-uhn-puht] / ˈpɪtʃ ənˈpʌt /

adjective

1. of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.

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pitch and putt British  

noun

1. a type of miniature golf in which the holes are usually between 50 to 100 metres in length

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Example Sentences

Young shot a bogey-free 63 on Thursday in his course debut, the 24-year-old making Pete Dye’s treacherous layout look like a roadside pitch-and-putt.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

He reduced the golf course to a pitch-and-putt with power that got everyone’s attention.

From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2020

Mickelson birdied the 22nd hole at Shadow Creek to win a low-quality contest which failed to live up to the hype and was eventually decided by little more than a pitch-and-putt competition.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2018

To keep him engaged, Terrell would set up nine different pitch-and-putt drills of varying lengths that required a 70 percent conversion rate to complete them.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 3, 2017

He once shot a 57 on his home Mossel Bay course in South Africa, a course never considered a pitch-and-putt and one where you see the Indian Ocean from every hole.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2015