holing out

Ball enters cup

Holing out is a golf term for sinking the ball into the cup, completing play on a hole.

The phrase applies whether you're tapping in a short putt or miraculously dropping one from the fairway.

A player who holes out from a bunker or from off the green has accomplished something worth celebrating.

She holed out from 40 feet to win the tournament.

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clinching · scoring · fulfilling · cup · winning · wrapping up · green · closing · drain · pitching · short game · finalizing · sink · achieving · culminating · tap-in · sealing · approach shots

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golf shot sequence position

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Initial golf stroke

driving · tee shot · approach shot · opening · lay-up

shot outcome/completion

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Family

hole, holed, holes, holing, holier, holiest, holy, wholly, whole

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