Definition of double bogey in English:
double bogey
noun
Golf A score of two strokes over par for a hole.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the 2002 Open at Muirfield he made a double bogey at the 16th hole in the last round.
- But then came a bogey at the eighth, a double bogey two holes later and further bogeys at the 12th and 14th.
- Thus composed, I was able to scramble for a double bogey on the final hole, beating my opponent's triple.
- The USGA system requires you to post no more than a double bogey on any hole if your handicap is 9 or less.
- The last round I'd played had been a lost afternoon of bogeys and double bogeys, not a par among them, and that had been some years before.
verbdouble-bogeyed, double-bogeying, double-bogeys
[with object]Golf Complete (a hole) in two strokes over par.
Example sentencesExamples
- Playing with him that day, I could see how nervous he was after he double-bogeyed the first hole and then tripled the second.
- The third-ranked player in the field, Els played the first 16 holes in 10-under before double-bogeying the 17th, where he pulled a three-wood instead of going with a driver.
- The English pair are seven under and six under par respectively after Little double-bogeyed the final hole.
- The 29-year-old winner of last year's Challenge Tour returned to the tee, double-bogeyed the hole and, with a 69, dropped to joint seventh place.
- But Choi double-bogeyed the last hole and dropped into an eight-way tie for third at 65.