triple bogey

noun

: a golf score of three strokes over par on a hole
triple-bogey
ˈtri-pəl-ˈbō-gē How to pronounce triple bogey (audio)
transitive verb

Examples of triple bogey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
McIlroy would have needed anything under par, and those hopes ended with a triple bogey 8 on his fourth hole. — Doug Ferguson, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024 Charlie carded a first-round 68, with eight birdies, one bogey and one triple bogey, temporarily placing him tied for second. — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 According to tournament rules, if a ball hits any player including yourself, that results in a two-stroke penalty, which became a triple bogey for Maggert. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 Justin Thomas, looking strong in his second tournament back from lower back surgery in November, went from the water to the rough and then over the green in making a triple bogey on the sixth hole. — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for triple bogey

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of triple bogey was in 1963

Rhymes for triple bogey

See All Rhymes for triple bogey

Browse Nearby Words

triple block
triple bogey
triple bond
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Triple bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20bogey. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of gambol

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All