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
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
The only trouble McIlroy, who had three birdies and a bogey in his first four holes, had at the eighth came from the flagstick which kept out his 56ft birdie effort.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 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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