Example Sentences

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With just 118 yards left, Lowry knocked his approach left of the hole, took advantage of the green’s undulations and watched as it tracked all the way in for an eagle.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

“Can’t have too much wind from the southwest or it doesn’t work. The green’s just too narrow in the front.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Congrats to Golf Digest/The Loop’s Coleman Bentley for not only capturing our office putting green’s “Farewell Cup,” but for also ending my two-year reign in the Editor’s Putter:

From Golf Digest • Nov. 20, 2018

Crisp, pop-in-the-oven kale chips certainly smashed the green’s once-staid reputation—and that was only the beginning.

From Time • Aug. 1, 2014

“Oh, green’s the thing,” he retorted airily; “an’ see!” he added; and forthwith he burst into a paean of praise, in which tires, horns, lamps, pumps, baskets, brakes, and mud-guards were the dominant notes.

From Across the Years by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)