triple bogey
Nine on a par-six
A triple bogey is a golf score of three strokes over par on a single hole.
Where par represents the expected number of strokes, a triple bogey indicates significant struggle—perhaps a ball in the water, a missed fairway, or trouble in the bunker.
He made triple bogey on the par-five after finding the creek twice.
- blow upViolently burst apart
- golfClub-and-ball course sport
- duffButtocks, informally
- overAbove or exceeding
- roughUneven in surface
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