back nine

noun

golf

: holes 10 through 18

Examples of back nine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But that was the first of six birdies on the back nine for the 29-year-old from Louisiana. — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Harrington birdied four of the first five holes on the back nine to reach 9 under for the tournament but dropped a shot on the final hole to finish with a 66. — ABC News, 4 July 2026

Cantlay, playing in the Travelers for the 11th time since his second-round 60 as an amateur in 2011, had a rough stretch on the back nine but was able to answer his two bogeys with birdies immediately after, finishing the round at 6-under 64. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026

Per the logline, in The Hawk Lonnie Hawkins, (Ferrell) 2004’s number one golfer, struggles on the back nine of his career to recapture his magic. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 June 2026

Rhymes for back nine

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline