flagstick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flagstick
Example Sentences
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He birdied the first after his second shot from deep rough hit the flagstick and he had a run of three successive birdies from the fifth, including a chip-in from greenside rough on the sixth.
From BBC • May 16, 2024
Those included a 75-foot downhill putt from just off the green on the 17th hole, which kept gaining speed, but hit the flagstick and dropped.
From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2023
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2022
He wound up as the last caddie to leave the course, the champion’s bag slung over one shoulder, the flagstick from the 18th green still in his other hand.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2022
Then he again let the kite out, and also the string he had attached to the lower end of the flagstick.
From St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various
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