: crooked or bent like a dog's hind leg
a sharp dogleg bend in the fairway
1
a
: something having an abrupt angle
b
: a sharp bend (as in a road)
2
: a golf hole having an angled fairway
doglegged; doglegging; doglegs
: to proceed along a dogleg course
the single narrow street that doglegs through town—
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Noun
a sharp dogleg to the left
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Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
The 396-yard, dogleg right around a marsh was statistically the toughest hole on the course, with a stroke average of 4.43 and only 24 birdies (and 41 double bogeys or worse) in 552 total rounds.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
The par-5 18th plays 597, doglegs right and features the bigger-than-ever lake over which pros will have to fly their approach shots to reach the green in two.
—Tad Reeve, Twin Cities, 3 June 2019
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Noun
All of the holes had a really nice flow to them, as well as a consistent feel – with the possible exception of No. 18 that’s a short dogleg right in which the second shot is severely uphill.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
The 396-yard, dogleg right around a marsh was statistically the toughest hole on the course, with a stroke average of 4.43 and only 24 birdies (and 41 double bogeys or worse) in 552 total rounds.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
Verb
Dorian doglegged north along the state’s Atlantic coast and barely tousled Floridians, but the storm’s costs for electric utilities were still significant as the price of living in the nation’s most hurricane-prone state.
—Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
The par-5 18th plays 597, doglegs right and features the bigger-than-ever lake over which pros will have to fly their approach shots to reach the green in two.
—Tad Reeve, Twin Cities, 3 June 2019
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“Dogleg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogleg. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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