1. a stick or pole with a flag attached, placed in the hole on a golf green to mark its location
Usage: golf term; also called the pin

Examples

• The golfer aimed for the flagstick on the eighteenth green.
• She removed the flagstick before putting the ball into the hole.
• The flagstick was positioned near the back of the green.
• He hit the ball directly at the flagstick and it bounced away.
• The caddy tended the flagstick while the other players took their shots.