"Double bogey" is a term used in the game of golf to describe a score of two over par for a particular hole. It means someone took two more strokes than the expected number of strokes.
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That's saying a lot coming from a man who led the U.S. Open through 69 holes and failed to convert his second major, then made
double bogey on the 72nd hole of the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational to lose to Keegan Bradley.
RACHEL HETHERINGTON birdied two of the final three holes to force a playoff with Lorie Kane, then won the Chick - fil - A Charity Championship at Stockbridge, Ga., on the first extra hole Sunday when Kane missed a four - foot putt.Hetherington, one of five players tied for the lead beginning the final round, made the turn with a two - shot lead but gave it up with
double bogey at No. 10.
But the golf gods evened things out after Stenson got the fortunate resting spot on the bridge, and the 2009 Players Champion three - putted from inside 13 feet to
make double bogey anyways.
Tiger's never been particularly accurate off the tee but he got himself into trouble this week that he could not recover from, resulting in that high total
of double bogeys.
Then came the par - 4 13th, which featured a long approach shot and a three - putt from some 40 feet for an ugly
double bogey from the world No. 4.
Phil Mickelson isn't scoring as well, at just 1 - under on the day, mainly due to a
disastrous double bogey at the par - 4 14th.
Spieth finished with an
ugly double bogey on Thursday that dropped him a good nine shots back of Day on the leaderboard.
He may not win a tournament for six months, he may
pile double bogey upon bogey, he may shoot a 112, but he will always be their Arnie.
«It's death over there,» said first - time Masters entrant Tim Herron after a first -
round double bogey.
Irwin's
limping double bogey / bogey on the last two holes wasn't the most historic or stylish of finishes for a man winning one of the grandest of titles, but it was plenty good enough among the Toledo wounded.
Save for a final
hole double bogey that featured two water balls, a mock - club toss towards a lake and a chip - in that left him incredulous, Rory was in position to post a solid score, given the conditions.
The result was a
crushing double bogey that caused him to miss the Lou Graham - John Mahaffey playoff by a stroke.
Lye went back out to the 12th to three - putt for a bogey, then found two bunkers at the 16th for his
third double bogey of the tournament.
If Jordan Spieth wins today, he'd be the first Masters Champion with
multiple double bogeys or worse since Craig Stadler in 1982.
But it creates options that range from a potential ace on a par - 4 to a
messy double bogey that will extinguish your chances.
Li is awesome, because Li is all of us, the casual golfers who understand the pain of back - to -
back double bogeys and the instant wonder of a dead - nuts shot that makes you love golf again and flip your pitching wedge to the random chaos of the heavens above.
One started with an
eventful double bogey while the other is back in a comfortable spot atop the leaderboard.
A birdie at the ninth helped to put the Englishman back on track, but again he struggled for consistency and a disastrous
double bogey on the 11th was followed by a run of alternating birdies and bogeys from the 13th hole onwards.
A splashdown on the sixth led to
a double bogey and reduced his lead just to two.
Double bogey on the sixth.
He finished the round with three
double bogeys and an eight on the par - 4 sixth hole.
He went on to make
a double bogey.
There was
a double bogey early in his front nine, then a whole bunch of pars until those final three holes.
Jordan Spieth opened up a whole new ballgame with
a double bogey on his last hole Saturday night, but he still holds the solo lead with just 18 more holes to go in a historic repeat bid for the green jacket.
They greeted the news that Mangrum would play the entire winter circuit with the sour looks normally reserved for
a double bogey.
Fowler, who won his first PGA Tour victory last week in the Wells Fargo Championship, shot a final - round 70 today, including an 3 - under 33 on the back nine, but was crippled by
a double bogey on the par four fifth hole.
The moment takes place behind the 11th green, where Reed would eventually make
a double bogey.
Compton missed the cut by a shot, so that
double bogey on the third would have made a big difference.
Since few players feel frisky standing over their fourth in the drop area, many bail out to the right and make
double bogey.
«Closing with
a double bogey and a bogey is not my idea of championship golf,» he said, «but when you wind up two shots better than everyone else, that's what counts.
The Tiger haters, and there's an army of them, will scoff and say we're making excuses for a once - dominant player who finished 15th out of 17 entrants and led the field in
double bogeys.
Shaken, he drove into the rough at 9, ended with
a double bogey, and eventually finished with a 77 that left South Africa in trouble from which his lesser teammates could not recover.
That opening tee shot was the start of
a double bogey that was the start of a first nine 40.
On Sunday, he put two more in the water at the 18th and faked another club throw before chipping in to finish his week with
another double bogey.
Adam Scott could have packed it in after starting Sunday's WGC - Cadillac Championship finale with two
double bogeys in his first five holes.
Woods finished the tournament with
a double bogey on the 18th hole, his third in four trips there this week.
Rory started his PGA Tour season with a lost ball off the tee and
a double bogey at the Honda Classic.
He wound up with
a double bogey.
The double bogey at the 18th cost him, and despite mediocre form, he said after the round that the 73 was the worst score he could have posted given how he played (OK?).
On Saturday, Dufner ran into trouble at No. 5 and carded
a double bogey.