double bogey

noun

: a golf score of two strokes over par on a hole
double-bogey transitive verb

Examples of double bogey in a Sentence

He made a double bogey on the fourth hole.
Recent Examples on the Web Yet the 25-year-old nosedived during Friday’s second round, carding eight bogeys and a double bogey en route to a nine-over 81. Jack Bantock, CNN, 24 June 2024 Former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama had the best score of the second round at 66 and was three behind. PGA champion Xander Schauffele started with two straight bogeys, had a double bogey and still managed a 69 to get within four shots. Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024 Mississippi State’s Julia Lopez Ramirez tumbled out of second place with a bogey, double bogey and triple bogey on the back nine in the final round. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024 Morikawa, who had two double bogeys to fall out of the hunt, shot 74 and tied for third with Tommy Fleetwood (69) and fellow Cal alum Max Homa (73), whose hopes ended on the par-3 12th with a double bogey from the bushes, not Rae’s Creek. Doug Ferguson, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for double bogey 

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Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of double bogey was in 1954

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“Double bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20bogey. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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