How to Use triple bogey in a Sentence

triple bogey

noun
  • Later his putt for a triple bogey hung at the edge of the cup.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 20 July 2023
  • Smith made a triple bogey and slid well down the leaderboard.
    — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The first four players took three triple bogeys and a bogey at the hole.
    — Kevin Armstrong, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
  • Morikawa was right there with him until a triple bogey on the 12th hole.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Munoz was all over the place, with 15 bogeys, two double bogeys and a triple bogey.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The triple bogey brought DeChambeau to 6-over and behind the cut line.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • His ball cut through the wind and sailed clear over the green into the water, leading to a triple bogey that ended his hopes.
    — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Spieth rallied from 2 over after making a triple bogey at the ninth to finish at 1 under.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • After Poston’s go-for-broke approach yielded a triple bogey, Hodges tapped in a short putt for his third birdie of the round.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 31 July 2023
  • 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
  • The triple bogey on the penultimate hole at Shinnecock Hills in 2004.
    — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2018
  • 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
  • The California native chipped the ball to 12 feet from 24 yards out before two-putting for triple bogey.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The up-is-down, down-is-up visual came after Woods made bogeys on his first two holes while Mickelson got off to a triple bogey-bogey start.
    — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Her score was 17-over 89 for the first round, with one birdie, seven bogeys, two double bogeys, one triple bogey and one quadruple bogey.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025

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