flagstick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flagstick
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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 hit two trees and a flagstick on his way to a level-par 70 and produced a wondrous shot out of the rough on 17 to find a bonus birdie.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
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
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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