How to Use triple bogey in a Sentence

triple bogey

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  • Two balls in the water on the par-5 seventh led to his triple bogey and sent him to a 74.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2021
  • Smith made a triple bogey and slid well down the leaderboard.
    — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Birdies on holes three and 17 helped, but a triple bogey on the 14th hole didn’t look good on the scoresheet.
    — oregonlive, 17 May 2022
  • Fowler stalled, then hit two in the water on No. 18 for a triple bogey.
    — Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
  • Morikawa was right there with him until a triple bogey on the 12th hole.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
  • The first four players took three triple bogeys and a bogey at the hole.
    — Kevin Armstrong, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
  • Going for the green on her fourth shot, Zhang came up short and in the water and made triple bogey.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Hull had a triple bogey on No. 3 and a closing bogey in a 71.
    — John Nicholson, ajc, 4 Apr. 2021
  • The errant tee shot led to a triple bogey 7 and put Spieth at the bottom of the leaderboard.
    — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 18 June 2020
  • That’s where the 24-year-old Dallas native scored a triple bogey and dropped down the leaderboard.
    — Christopher Hanna, courant.com, 22 June 2018
  • Cameron Smith and Shane Lowry tied for third at five under, each bogged down by a triple bogey.
    — Sam Farmerstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Starting on the par three 13th hole, Moon bogeyed her first three holes and then triple bogeyed the par five 16th hole.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The next shot wasn’t much better, but at least dry, and Smith’s hopes ended there with a triple bogey.
    — Doug Ferguson, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The next shot wasn't much better, but at least dry, and Smith's hopes ended there with a triple bogey.
    — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The triple bogey on the penultimate hole at Shinnecock Hills in 2004.
    — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2018
  • On the score sheets, there were 28 pars, 27 bogeys, five double bogeys and the three triple bogeys.
    — Kevin Armstrong, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
  • Munoz was all over the place, with 15 bogeys, two double bogeys and a triple bogey.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Tiger Woods opened the tournament with a triple bogey on his first hole and finished Round 1 with an eight-over 78.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 14 June 2018
  • Just take your medicine, punch out and then instead of making a triple bogey, go for bogey.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Mickelson shot a 2-over 74 thanks partly to making a triple bogey and a bogey on the first two holes.
    — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • George Coetzee, who led by two shots with six holes to play, made triple bogey on the 15th hole and shot 71 to finish two shots behind.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Spieth waited until the second hole to make a triple bogey, blasted out of a bunker and over the 11th green, and then took three shots to get on the putting surface.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
  • But the Aussie promptly dumped one in the water at the famous 12th hole in Amen Corner, leading to a triple bogey that finished off his chances.
    — Doug Ferguson, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • In 1959, the defending champion, Arnold Palmer, had a triple bogey at No.
    — Adam Schupak, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Dustin Johnson was poised to make a move until hit into the water on the par-3 14th and compounding the error with a three-putt triple bogey.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 19 June 2020
  • Oosthuizen, coming off a birdie to get within three, had to lay up out of the thick grass on the 13th and then sent his third shot right of the flag and into the water, making triple bogey.
    — Author: Doug Ferguson, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2021
  • McIlroy strung together four straight birdies to threaten a charge, halted by a triple bogey on the 12th on his way to a 69 and one-under overall.
    — Patrick Snell, CNN, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Darren Clarke, who honed his game on the Dunluce Links as a junior and now calls Portrush home, missed the cut in a most cruel fashion with a triple bogey on his final hole.
    — Doug Ferguson, baltimoresun.com, 19 July 2019
  • Schauffele wound up with his first triple bogey in a major — in 1,042 holes — and squandered any chance of catching Matsuyama.
    — Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Kim in particular had a huge bounce-back following a double and triple bogey on his first two holes.
    — Brent Kennedy, Howard County Times, 19 Sep. 2017

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