Meaning & use
the nineteenth hole
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Meaning
nounsingularhumorous
a humorous name for the bar or clubhouse where golfers relax after playing eighteen holes
Grammar: Always used with 'the' and treated as a single place: 'we went to the nineteenth hole.'
Patterns
- go to the nineteenth hole
- meet at the nineteenth hole
After the final putt, they headed straight for the nineteenth hole.
The club's nineteenth hole is famous for its sandwiches and cold drinks.
He spends more time at the nineteenth hole than on the course.
Common combinations
- head for the nineteenth hole
- As soon as the rain started, everyone headed for the nineteenth hole.
- at the nineteenth hole
- I'll meet you at the nineteenth hole after your round.
- the nineteenth hole bar
- The nineteenth hole bar was full of tired, happy golfers.
Synonyms and how they differ
- clubhouse
- The literal, neutral word for the building where golfers eat and rest; it does not carry the joke.
- the bar
- A general word for the drinking place; it loses the golf-specific humor.
Commonly confused: the nineteenth hole or the eighteenth hole?
the nineteenth hole vs the eighteenth hole
The eighteenth hole is the real final hole of a standard course, not a bar.
Practice
In golf humor, what is 'the nineteenth hole'?
Choose one answer.
A standard course has eighteen holes, so the 'nineteenth hole' is a joke name for the place golfers go afterward to drink and rest. The other options describe real parts of a golf course.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “the nineteenth hole”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.