Example Sentences

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The plane’s tail passed within makable putt distance of a startled golfer on the green.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

We’ve all watched in awe as tour players turn a short-sided bunker shot—an automatic bogey for most of us—into a makable putt for an easy up and down.

From Golf Digest • Feb. 12, 2020

For nearly four hours Friday, Koepka and Woods simmered with frustration as they missed makable birdie putts.

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2019

Another makable birdie opportunity for Woods from less than 20 feet and he comes up short with the putter.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2018

But Glasgow turns its hands to everything makable and salable.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various