Flagstick

A few hands were shaken, and Davis Love III pulled the flagstick from the hands of a jubilant caddie and put it back with a look of irritation. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Dried sunflower stalks with empty beer cans stuck on top were placed in the holes, and there was an art to leaning the "flagstick" on chip shots.

From the middle of the 18th fairway he hit the flagstick with his approach and saw his ball bounce off the green – an injustice he quickly corrected by chipping in for an outrageous birdie. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Noticing a flagstick in the distance, one would challenge the other and off they'd go, with whoever got there in the fewest strokes declared the winner (they would certainly figure out what the hole was for, too). ❋ John Paul Newport (2010)

The loser would point to the next flagstick for a chance to win his money back, and match play is born. ❋ John Paul Newport (2010)

 We see the flagstick right in front of us and we put so much pressure on ourselves that we are doomed from the start. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From the first tee, you couldn't see the flagstick because of the mist. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ball took a big bounce upon landing on the green, headed straight for the hole but clanked off the flagstick to 25 feet. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One of the biggest roars came when the Notre Dame leprechaun's flagstick snapped in half as he charged out to the field. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I set the flagstick carefully on the green, took my time over the slightly downhill, ten-foot birdie opportunityand left it four feet short. ❋ Roland Merullo (2009)

It is a straight-hitters hole, and I tend to hit largish draws, which means, standing on this tee, that I always had to try to find the courage to aim at the hillside of trees to the right of the green and hope I made good enough contact to work the ball back toward the flagstick. ❋ Roland Merullo (2009)

His shot hit a flagstick on a fly and then it dropped straight into the hole. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mediate hit the flagstick with his approach shot at 9, but he injured his back on the swing and almost couldn't hit his drive on 10. ❋ Unknown (2006)