putter
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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
He said the past two weeks had boosted his confidence in his putter, and it certainly showed as he needed just 22 putts, gaining more than five strokes on the field on the greens.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Some of L Catterton’s other recent deals involved the Pilates chain Solidcore and the golf putter company L.A.B.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Then I took him out in the Pierce, with Grandpa in the back seat, shouting over the engine’s putter that artermobiles is a dang marvel.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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
Before the finals, the shot putters emerged from a tunnel, one by one, pausing in front of a television camera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
Crouser could be paving the road for the next generation of shot putters, which Dick Fosbury did for the high jump.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
A post-balloon putters back up to her with tea.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
Fueled largely by rookie running back Najee Harris and Roethlisberger’s burgeoning trust in rookie tight end Pat Freiermuth, Pittsburgh puttered along by avoiding mistakes and letting the defense do its thing.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
As her own black Lab puttered around behind her, Sally Ange Cowdin, 59, said the Dixie Fire was the third time she had evacuated because of a natural disaster.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
In the hours after Pong leaped from the cliff at Nok's feet, he had clung to the cargo barge as it puttered slowly upriver, making stop after stop at every tiny village dock.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Shahed drones have been dubbed "flying mopeds" by Ukrainians because of their puttering engines.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
I guess a photo of her puttering around the garden or waving from a window might make some people feel better, but why on earth should she be expected to do that?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The company’s aesthetically questionable but easily slipped-on clogs were the perfect footwear for Americans puttering around their homes, gardens and kitchens during quarantine.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
They’ve seen him at the ice cream parlor grabbing soft-serve, taking strolls or puttering in a golf cart with his wife down the main drag, grabbing a bite at the café.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
That day Mrs. Cadaver was home, puttering around her garden.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
