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bogey

[boh-gee, boog-ee, boo-gee] / ˈboʊ gi, ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi /


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“I was just feeling like the hole was so big today,” said Talley, who has gone 22 consecutive holes without a bogey.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

A double bogey would have pushed McIlroy into a playoff against none other than world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The wealthy but suddenly unmoored LIV golfers have been left to scramble like a weekend hacker trying to salvage a bogey after chipping into a sand trap.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The Fitzpatrick brothers posted 13 birdies - eight on the back nine - alongside their eagle and were without a bogey.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

He was just some sort of bogey that lived in bad dreams and the dark corners of imagination.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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