Definition: The term "hole out" can be used as a noun or a verb:
- Noun: A "hole out" is a shot that results in the ball winding up in the hole. As such, every last stroke on a given golf hole is a "hole out," since your play of a hole isn't over until the ball rests in the cup.
But the way "hole out" is most often used as a noun is to refer to shots the unexpectedly result in the ball finding the cup; a shot from the fairway, for example, or a blast out of bunker.
Usage example: "Tiger's hole-out on No. 3 was from 80 yards out."
- Verb: To "hole out" is to get your ball into the cup, thereby completing your play of the hole. The past-tense is "holed out."
Usage example: "He holed out with a putt of 20 feet." "He needs to hole-out here to save par."
