bogey
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- noun
- /ˈboʊɡi/
- Jargon
:
bogey
- Willie: Got a bogey, boss?
- double bogey
- birdies and bogeys
- par and bogey
Examples
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Tom and Blaine were already in at four, both having made lengthy putts to salvage bogey.
Fiction book (2001) -
Neither he nor Burstyn scored worse than a bogey in any of the three rounds.
Blog text (6) -
It would seem routine had he not just come off a bogey the hole before.
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Her first chip came back to her feet, and she failed to get up-and-down, giving her a double bogey.
Blog text (22) -
In the eleventh par 5 hole, a bogey caused Woods to make a mistake.
Blog text (2) -
Nisbet had a relatively quiet round with just three birdies and one bogey.
Blog text (27) -
A bogey on the 18th hole at East Lake Golf Club couldn't keep him from securing golf's biggest payoff.
Blog text (19) -
But every player also went through stretches when consecutive bogeys and double bogeys cost him valuable strokes.
Blog text (7) -
Lincicome overcame her consecutive bogeys for a 70 and was at 9-under 207 with Karine Icher, who also had a 70.
Blog text (22) -
On the 7th hole, he scored a bogey after misjudging his putt.
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Etymology
Bogey comes from an old golfing idea of the 'bogey' as an imaginary player or spirit who set the target score, so a bogey is the 'one over' a golfer is expected to make.