How to Use bogey in a Sentence

bogey

1 of 2 noun
  • He made a bogey on the second hole.
  • He made bogey on the second hole.
  • Lee promptly fell out of the lead with a triple-bogey on the par-4 4th.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Lim has not had a bogey through the first three rounds.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • His third shot failed to reach the green, and Thomas walked to the fifth tee box with a bogey.
    Riley Hamel, USA TODAY, 19 June 2022
  • Thomas ended the fourth hole with a bogey and fell to 2-over.
    Bryce Houston, The Courier-Journal, 18 June 2022
  • The golfer took a double-bogey on the par-5 13th hole, according to the stat sheet.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Kang carded a 3-over 74 in the second round with a triple-bogey on the first hole.
    Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY, 3 June 2022
  • Kang held the lead briefly on the back nine and has made only one bogey in three rounds.
    Jeff Babineau, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Jon Rahm hit his layup shot in the far front of the green and three-putted for a bogey to drop him to 10 under.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The US Solheim Cup partners birdied three of the last five holes in a bogey-free round.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022
  • Woods made a sloppy bogey at the par-5 eighth, where a poor wedge shot and errant chip led to a 6.
    Paul Newberry, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The former Longhorn posted bogeys on Nos. 2, 3 and 7 to drop a few spots on the leaderboard.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
  • The 54-hole leader got off to a shaky start with a bogey at the first and didn’t make his first birdie until the eighth hole.
    Adam Schupak, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022
  • Paysse then doubled No. 1 and Hanstad won with a bogey.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Her tee shot on 11, a par-3, ended up in a bunker, leading to a bogey.
    Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
  • Cohen finished the first round of the Arizona Open with six birdies and one bogey.
    Chloe Peterson, The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2022
  • But a missed fairway off the 12th tee led to a layup short of the green and ultimately a bogey.
    Bill Pennington, New York Times, 19 June 2022
  • But Ortiz played the rest of the round even par, and Grace wouldn’t make another bogey.
    Mitchell Forde For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 2 July 2022
  • After bogeys on Nos. 10 and 12, Rahm trailed Homa by one stroke.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Herbin added another bogey on the last hole to fall 7-over-par at the finish.
    Sara Tidwell, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Back-to-back bogeys on the 13th and 14th holes removed him from the conversation.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • One over par is a bogey, two over par is a double bogey and so forth.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • His sextuple bogey is the worst score on the first hole at the Masters, beating the old mark by two strokes.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • Doan struggled on Sunday, though, with three bogeys on the front nine.
    Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 29 May 2023
  • Scheffler ended up with a bogey on that hole, after two straight birdies on the 10th and 11th.
    Steve Douglas, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2022
  • But a bogey at No. 13 set him back, keeping him from joining the three-way tie atop the leaderboard.
    Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Zalatoris made a bogey at No. 7 but regained the lead with a birdie at 10.
    Adam Schupak, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2022
  • 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 | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
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bogey

2 of 2 verb
  • She birdied the first hole but bogeyed the second hole.
  • Funk triple bogeyed on the 12th hole and let Langer take over by three strokes.
    Cheryl Wray | Cwray@al.com, AL.com, 21 May 2017
  • Dustin Johnson’s first wedge of the way hit the pin, caromed off the green and led to bogey.
    Doug Ferguson, The Denver Post, 11 May 2017
  • Rose, who had a stunning 38 one-putts for the week, bogeyed two of the last three holes to fade with a 74.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2019
  • Five players arrived at the hole with at least a share of the lead and bogeyed it.
    Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Woodland bogeyed the ninth hole, then high-fived a kid on his way to the 10th tee.
    Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 17 June 2019
  • After bogeying hole 1 in the semis, Rodger had three birdies and no bogeys the rest of the way.
    James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 30 June 2018
  • Meanwhile, Casey opened the round with a birdie on the first hole to move to 17-under, but bogeyed the fifth.
    William S. Paxton, USA TODAY, 24 June 2018
  • His lead held until Kingsland tied the match with a birdie on the par-3 12th while James bogeyed.
    From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • Hahn bogeyed two of the next four holes but parred the final four holes to get into the playoff.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023
  • Over 54 holes, Lashley has bogeyed once and has 24 birdies.
    Greg Levinsky, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2019
  • Creery, like Moon, bogeyed hole 13 to get his day started.
    Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Starting on the par three 13th hole, Moon bogeyed her first three holes and then triple bogeyed the par five 16th hole.
    Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Conroy bogeyed just twice in the morning, and three times in the afternoon on holes 3-5.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 9 June 2018
  • Davies and Alex both bogeyed on the 18th, losing the chance to take solo command of runnerup.
    Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Choi played in the group in front of him and bogeyed the last, giving Stricker a two-shot lead and room for error.
    Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Hahn, who bogeyed on two of the first three holes, would eventually card a 67.
    Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, 15 June 2018
  • And after Spieth bogeyed the 18th to fall into a tie for second, Fowler birdied the 18th to move ahead of him.
    Karen Crouse, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Paul Casey, who came into Sunday with a four-shot lead, went 2 over, and bogeyed twice on the back nine to squash his chances at a win.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 26 June 2018
  • Li bogeyed the 10th and 14th but more than negated those mistakes with birdies at Nos.
    Jesse Smithey, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Paul Casey was nine under for the day through 15 holes before bogeying the last two holes for a 65.
    Karen Crouse, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Woodland bogeyed the 12th hole to drop back to 11 under, just one shot ahead of Koepka.
    Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 16 June 2019
  • The Wisconsin pair began rolling birdies at No. 4 while Langer bogeyed that hole, and the race was truly on.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2023
  • Koepka had saved par from the sand on 16 as Jon Rahm bogeyed to see his advantage grow to three shots.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Gifford started the final round with a one-shot lead,. but carded a 37 on the front nine and then bogeyed the 10th to fall two shots back.
    Gary Curreri, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Heath bogeyed the 10th hole, and dropped to 15-under and three strokes behind the then-leader Claycomb.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • After nine holes they were tied, but when Trevino bogeyed the 15th, Green went ahead for good.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 21 June 2018
  • After going from greenside bunker to bunker on the 16th, Lee bogeyed again and fell three behind.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Lehman hit every fairway and didn’t bogey a hole, playing near-flawless golf in front of the home crowd.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 July 2019

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