triple bogey

noun

: a golf score of three strokes over par on a hole
triple-bogey transitive verb

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Perez ended up shooting an even-par 70 on Friday despite an early triple bogey. Apress, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025 Scheffler was tied with Tommy Fleetwood for the 36-hole lead on Friday, but gave it all away with a triple bogey on No. 1 and a double on No. 8 on Saturday. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025 The former Masters champion stumbled down the stretch, making a triple bogey on the last hole to card 73. Justin Ray, New York Times, 13 June 2025 His Sunday card included three birdies, three bogeys, four double bogeys, and one triple bogey. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for triple bogey

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First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of triple bogey was in 1963

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“Triple bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20bogey. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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