back nine

Example Sentences

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Defending champion Jeeno overcame a bogey-birdie start by reeling off three birdies in a row on the front nine and four in a row on the back nine, finishing 54 holes on a tournament-record 22-under 194 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

From Barron's

Guatemala's relations with the Republic of China go back nine decades, before the government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists who set up the People's Republic of China.

From Reuters

Yin had four birdies on the back nine, highlighted by one on the 18th that moved her into the tie for first.

From Seattle Times

“I think front is … easier, more than the back nine,” she said.

From Seattle Times

She struggled some after that, with three bogeys on the back nine.

From Seattle Times