How to Use front nine in a Sentence

front nine

noun

• Shane Lowry made a run on the front nine but did not have enough.
  — Brody Miller, The Athletic, 21 July 2024
• Clark and McIlroy both played the front nine to 34, one under.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 19 June 2023
• Did a good job on the front nine and was able to play some consistent golf here.
  — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
• The culprit in his defining stretch on the front nine was a balky driver.
  — Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2024
• Cantlay shot five under on the front nine and two under on the back.
  — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Now, this is all to be forgotten like a bogey on the front nine.
  — The Editors, National Review, 9 June 2023
• Billy Bell front nine, the senior led the Dons to a 25-stroke win over La Jolla.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
• Now, the front nine of Currie Park's, and all of Whitnall Park's, courses will open by the end of the weekend.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
• Matthew bogeyed two holes on the front nine, but then picked up four birdies and just one bogey on the back nine.
  — Jodom, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
• The 29-year-old North Carolinian had his ups and downs with four birdies and four bogies on the front nine.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
• Morgan roared through the front nine with a 38 while Molly lagged behind with a 43.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• But the Mexican stole the show on Sunday with three birdies on the front nine to the American's one.
  — Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
• The Bruins made 16 bogeys and four double bogeys on the front nine, as the lead shrunk to a single stroke.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 12 May 2023
• Bryson DeChambeau had last-man-out honors on the front nine Wednesday.
  — Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
• Abe, from The Woodlands, Texas, had a 31 on her front nine that included an eagle on the par-5 fourth hole and three birdies.
  — From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2024
• The Englishman had three birdies on the front nine and another on the second, along with a bogey on each side of the turn.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2023
• The 20-year-old rising star carded six birdies on the front nine, including five in a row, to make the turn on 6-under.
  — Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
• Despite the course name, none of the front nine holes are on the ocean, but the fairways are really wide and the beautiful greens roll true.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
• Scheffler got off to a rocky start in his final round, giving two shots back with a trio of bogeys on the front nine.
  — Troy Finnegan‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
• The 27-year-old lost ground on the front nine, where Thomas carded three birdies and no bogeys to the Norwegian's two birdies and one bogey.
  — Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
• Stoll posted her final round score after getting off to a hot start with five birdies on the front nine.
  — oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2023
• Johnson had three-straight birdies on holes 5, 6 and 7 on the front nine and added three more birdies on the back nine before a bogey on his final hole.
  — Todd Abeln, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2024
• DeChambeau picked up an unlikely birdie by holing a bunker shot on the par-3 fourth hole on his way to a 32 on the front nine that kept him on Rose’s heels the rest of the way.
  — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
• Thompson flirted with the lead with three birdies on the front nine before Scheffler (who started on the back nine) got into the mix.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
• Hadwin was within one shot of the lead until finishing the front nine with a pair of bogeys.
  — Doug Ferguson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
• Scheffler added his fifth birdie at the 8th, making the front nine even more impressive with his eagle.
  — Savannah Leigh Richardson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
• Playing in the second group, Charley Hoffman was four under on the front nine with birdies at the second, third, seventh and eighth holes.
  — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Tommy Fleetwood entered the day five back of the lead and played par golf on the front nine before three bogeys and a double bogey on 17 to shoot 75.
  — Brody Miller, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
• Scottie Scheffler, who got within one shot of the lead briefly on the front nine, lost his way with a three-putt from six feet for a double bogey on the ninth hole.
  — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024
• McIlroy, by contrast, made five birdies on the front nine and added another before the shocker at 18.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023