Meaning & use
triple bogey
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Meaning
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A score of three strokes more than the par for a single hole in golf.
Grammar: Counts as a score for one hole: she made a triple bogey on the ninth.
Patterns
- make a triple bogey
- a triple bogey on the Nth hole
He took a triple bogey on the par four after hitting two balls into the water.
A triple bogey at the last hole cost her the tournament.
One triple bogey ruined an otherwise solid round.
Word forms
| plural | triple bogeys |
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Common combinations
- make a triple bogey
- He made a triple bogey after a lost ball.
- card a triple bogey
- She carded a triple bogey on the sixteenth.
- avoid a triple bogey
- Playing safe helped him avoid a triple bogey.
- double bogey
- A double bogey is one stroke better than a triple bogey.
Synonyms and how they differ
- plus three
- Plus three is a neutral way to give the score relative to par, while triple bogey is the traditional golf name.
- disaster hole
- Disaster hole is informal and describes any very bad hole, not a precise score.
- quadruple bogey
- A quadruple bogey is four over par, one stroke worse than a triple bogey.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: triple bogey or triple play?
triple bogey vs triple play
A triple play is a baseball play that gets three outs, which has no connection to golf scoring.
Practice
On a par four, a golfer takes seven strokes. What is the score on that hole called?
Choose one answer.
Seven strokes is three over par four, so it is a triple bogey. A double bogey would be six, and an eagle is two under par.
Make it your own
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