How to Use in the rough in a Sentence

in the rough

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• Morikawa was in the rough just over the top of the hole and his chip came up well short.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2023
• Ended up being in the rough there and not making birdie there.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2021
• Each record has one of these diamonds in the rough that just feels like flying to me.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2023
• The ball struck a tree branch and landed back into play in the rough with a decent lie.
  — Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
• And yet, even in the rough ending, there were signs of a team capable of so much more.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
• Tiger has a blind shot to the green from an uphill lie in the rough, with wind and a hard-breaking green.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
• On the par four tenth, Hadwin had his third shot from 44 yards out in the rough.
  — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
• Also, be sure to read about my three diamonds in the rough from those workouts.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
• If that sounds like hunting for a diamond in the rough, that’s what Style is.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 1 June 2022
• Sure as the good Lord up above / I'm cut like a diamond shinin' in the rough.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
• The ball was embedded in the rough, and Rahm had to stand well below the ball in a bunker.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
• Morikawa's approach on the playoff hole sailed a touch long, causing the ball to skip over the green and land in the rough.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
• The best relievers, like Díaz, are the diamonds in the rough with a few unique traits.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
• Here are my three diamonds in the rough from Friday’s workouts.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2022
• Here are my three diamonds in the rough from Sunday’s workouts.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022
• Zalatoris’ tee shot collided with a tree to the right of the fairway and landed in the rough.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2022
• The boat began to take on water in the rough seas and eventually capsized.
  — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
• The Bears and the other teams involved noticed a diamond in the rough.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• After a penalty drop, his approach up the hill started left and never cut back, landing in the rough.
  — Doug Ferguson, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2022
• On the famous par-3 17th hole, his tee shot reached the island green, but his ball remained in the rough.
  — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
• Carol Shutt describes her east Louisville home as a diamond in the rough.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2022
• After arriving at the ninth hole, Spiranac appeared to push down high grass in the rough.
  — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
• Who, in that summer of suffering, was going to send a woman with a gaping head wound back to camp in the rough?
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
• Who knows, maybe the Frogs will find another diamond in the rough with Salter.
  — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Goodwill is the go-to place for secondhand shoppers who are always on the hunt for a diamond in the rough.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2022
• The flowers are destroyed in the rough wind, the fragile porcelain animals crack and fall to pieces in the freezing cold.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• After bombing his drive well left of the green, his ball settled in the rough in a spot nearly behind the 16th tee box.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2021
• Rescuers were able to quickly find and rescue the teenager in the rough waters but were unable to locate the man, the post said.
  — Nic Anderson, CNN, 10 June 2023
• And then Vick found a fairway bunker off the 18th tee and laid up in the rough with Stark in the middle of the fairway.
  — Doug Ferguson, ajc, 14 Aug. 2021
• However, when looking for that second ball, Gonzalez appeared to find one in the rough.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024