double bogey
nounDefinition of double bogey
: a golf score of two strokes over par on a hole
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Starting on the back nine, back-to-back double bogeys on the 13th and 14th put him in a deep hole and things continued to only get worse. — Bill Pennington And Zach Schonbrun, New York Times, "U.S. Open 2018: A First Round Full of Struggles," 15 June 2018 Wearn was 5-under going into the par-4 11th, but a double bogey there set her back a bit. — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, "Eighteen-year-old rookie tied for lead after first round of Valley Forge Invitational," 24 May 2018 Sitting at 11 under for the day and needing only to play the last two holes in one over to break the record, Simpson rinsed his tee shot en route to a double bogey. — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, "Webb Simpson in a League of His Own Heading Into Final Round at the Players," 12 May 2018 This is the man who made four double bogeys playing on a broken leg at Torrey Pines in 2008 and still captured a playoff. — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, "In the Field Thanks to His Past Success, Tiger Woods Ready—and Grateful—for U.S. Open Challenge," 12 June 2018 The first-round leader Jordan Spieth started Friday with a double bogey on his first hole. — Bill Pennington, New York Times, "Day 2 at the Masters Starts With Mayhem and Ends With Patrick Reed in the Lead," 6 Apr. 2018 But Phil Mickelson's hopes nosedived after a fine start, making a sorry triple bogey on the ninth and then finding the water on the short 12th to run up a double bogey. — CNN, "Masters 2018: Tiger survives the cut as Patrick Reed leads at halfway," 6 Apr. 2018 First-round leader John Peterson, like Burns a former LSU golfer, has blown up, with bogeys on the sixth, seventh, ninth and 10 holes, as well as a double bogey on No. — David Scott, charlotteobserver, "4 birdies on front 9 help Aaron Wise move into lead at Wells Fargo Championship | Charlotte Observer," 4 May 2018 And his scorecard — bogey on No. 12, double bogey on No. — Mike Anthony, courant.com, "Mike Anthony: Bryson DeChambeau, Mad Scientist, In The Travelers Championship Mix," 23 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'double bogey.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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