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putter

[puht-er] / ˈpʌt ər /


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It is an Achilles' heel that has dogged Scheffler before, but the PGA Tour has him as fifth-best putter, external on tour in 2026 - so it is certainly not a problem every week.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“When I’m working, I just don’t cook at all basically, and then when I get time off I like to putter around in the kitchen. I’m not very good, but I like to do it.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

They allow gimmes if the putt is within the shaft of your putter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

I think I’m just a serial putterer, in that I putter around and I don’t know what I’m doing a lot of the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

I putter along at 25 kph, the rover's top speed.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The occasion often feels tacked-on amid the barbecues and the shiny putters trotted out like obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Within 12 months, Scheffler had risen into the top 15 putters and completed a remarkable season, winning seven PGA Tour events, including a second Masters, and an Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

He focused on altering the conventional starting point, which has shot putters standing at the back of the ring, facing away from the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

She said she keeps it in a rifle case because putters can bend during travel.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

He reached under the counter to get two putters.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

After grabbing items for dinner at a Trader Joe’s, I puttered home along a main drag with a 35 mph limit, fully pressing the pedal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Simson's moped division puttered on after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall but eventually went bust in 2002.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

In fact, I was gulping some of the Sailing Goat’s excellent clam chowder when my innkeepers’ 22-foot boat puttered up to the dock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

But that was the scene I happened upon at 6:30 p.m. on a Tuesday in mid-April when I puttered into my driveway in Eugene, Oregon, my 7-year-old ensconced in the back seat.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2022

We puttered across the lawn, the boys screaming their goodbyes.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

During communist days, chronic shortages and years-long waiting lists for cars like the puttering Trabant meant that mopeds and motorcycles became an indispensable way to get around.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Shahed drones have been dubbed "flying mopeds" by Ukrainians because of their puttering engines.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

I would sometimes see him puttering around the library in our part of Arlington, Virginia.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025

Bean catalog: Stare meaningfully at the the swelling sea, the ferries and barges puttering past, the birds that perch on West Brother, the next island over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

The engine was out on the ground; he had been puttering with it for two days.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury


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