Golf goal

The answer

HOLE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOLE answer page.

Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• PAR (117 uses in xd)
• CUP (3 uses in xd)
• GREEN (1 uses in xd)
• RAP (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HOLE

Every other clue in this collection answered by HOLE, most used first.

• Golf target - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Golfer's target - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Bagel feature - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Pit - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Swiss cheese feature - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Putter's target - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
• Bagel's center - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Donut's center - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Green feature - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Cavity - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Logical flaw - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Opening - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Place for an ace - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Aperture - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• Center of a bagel - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Bagel center - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Burrow. - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Financial predicament - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Gap - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• You can dig it - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Donut center - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Doughnut feature - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Pocket problem - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Green target - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Woodpecker's creation - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Predicament - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Tiger's target - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Boring result - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Courtney Love's band - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Doughnut center - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a golf course. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Perforation - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Donut feature - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ in one - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• One of 18 on a golf course - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Darn it! - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Links unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Putting target - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Ace in the __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Empty space - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Golfer's goal - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• You may dig this - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Golf pegs - TEES, used 100 times
• Golf club - IRON, used 80 times
• Golf hazard - TRAP, used 79 times
• Auditioner's goal - ROLE, used 39 times
• Golf props - TEES, used 38 times
• Golf stroke - PUTT, used 38 times

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