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  pitch-and-putt

  adjective

  of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
• pitch and putt
  pitch and putt

  noun

  a type of miniature golf in which the holes are usually between 50 to 100 metres in length

pitch-and-putt

American  

[pich-uhn-puht] / ˈpɪtʃ ənˈpʌt /

adjective

1. of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.

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pitch and putt British  

noun

1. a type of miniature golf in which the holes are usually between 50 to 100 metres in length

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Example Sentences

Young shot a bogey-free 63 on Thursday in his course debut, the 24-year-old making Pete Dye’s treacherous layout look like a roadside pitch-and-putt.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

He reduced the golf course to a pitch-and-putt with power that got everyone’s attention.

From Washington Times • Jul. 7, 2020

He gestures out the window to the nine-hole pitch-and-putt course he installed on his 17-acre property after the surgery.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 13, 2020

Mickelson birdied the 22nd hole at Shadow Creek to win a low-quality contest which failed to live up to the hype and was eventually decided by little more than a pitch-and-putt competition.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2018

Daly stunned the golf world that year by shrinking Crooked Stick to a pitch-and-putt course.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2015