flagstick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flagstick
Example Sentences
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Lowry stepped up at the 190-yard sixth hole and delivered a 7-iron right on line with the flagstick before it trickled into the side of the cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
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
Fleetwood gave himself an opportunity for birdie but didn’t need to putt after Taylor’s uphill eagle putt from the front of the green hit the flagstick and dropped.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 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
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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