Definition of double bogey
: a golf score of two strokes over par on a hole
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Examples of double bogey in a Sentence
He made a double bogey on the fourth hole.
Recent Examples of double bogey from the Web
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At Shinnecock, that means above all else, avoid double bogey or worse.
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Woods opened with a double bogey, made another double on the back nine and shot 72, four shots behind.
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Pollock had two bogeys and a double bogey over those four holes, while Garner had a couple bogeys.
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Oosthuizen, who was 3-under through his first eight holes, had to punch out after an errant tee shot and then three-putted for a double bogey.
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Jimmy Walker shot 70 with a double bogey on the final hole that dropped him to 12 under, with Brian Gay, who bogeyed 18 for a 72.
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Staked to a seven-shot lead, no one got closer than four shots, even after Simpson made double bogey on the 18th hole when his only remaining task was to finish the hole.
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Staked to a seven-shot lead, no one got closer than four shots, even after Simpson made double bogey on the 18th hole when his only remaining task was to finish the hole.
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That plan did not include hooking his first tee shot and making a double bogey.
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First Known Use of double bogey
1954
DOUBLE BOGEY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of double bogey for English Language Learners
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golf : a score that is two more than the official standard score for a particular hole : a score of two strokes over par on a hole
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