back nine

noun

golf

: holes 10 through 18

Examples of back nine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If Details has its druthers, that transformation is already on the back nine. — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Young cooled off with two birdies on his back nine in a bogey-free round, closing with a Detroit Golf Club-record tying 61 to reach 10 under for the tournament to tie Patrick Cantlay (66) and Patrick Fishburn (66) atop the leaderboard Friday. — CBS News, 31 July 2026

Koivun shot a 10-under 61 in Saturday’s third round, including a record eight-under 28 on the back nine, to surge into the lead and enter Sunday with a three-shot advantage over Emiliano Grillo and Ben Kohles. — Curt Anderson, New York Times, 26 July 2026

The existing parcel tax is slated to expire June 30, 2027, but that date would be pushed back nine years if renewed. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Rhymes for back nine

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