triple bogey

noun

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

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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 But early on the final round, the All-West Coast Conference selection from Temecula took a triple bogey. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025 His triple bogey on this hole took his tournament score to 5-over and effectively knocked him out of the tournament. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 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 18 Jun. 2025.

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