double bogey

noun

: a golf score of two strokes over par on a hole
double-bogey transitive verb

Examples of double bogey in a Sentence

He made a double bogey on the fourth hole.
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The uncharacteristically clumsy error ended in a first double bogey of the week for Scheffler and, with compatriot Gotterup ticking along nicely up ahead, scythed his lead back to four strokes. Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 20 July 2025 Charlie shot a final-round 69, which included an eagle on the par-4 and kept him in contention until a double bogey on No. 12 slipped him to sixth place out of 122 players. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025 Young settles in after ‘terrible start’ Coming off of his fourth-place finish at the U.S. Open at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, Cameron Young started his day missing a 3-foot putt and making double bogey on the par-4, 434-yard first hole. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025 Noh also was at 6 under before a double bogey on No. 3. Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for double bogey

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double bogey was in 1954

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“Double bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20bogey. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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