bogey

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The Oban native directed a middle-finger gesture towards the 15th green after making a quadruple bogey in his opening round and subsequently slammed his club into the ground after a poor shot on 17.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

All that homework helped him escape from trouble with a just bogey on Sunday’s 18th hole—and what put him atop the leaderboard in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

He badly missed his drive on the 18th far to the right, bringing a potential double bogey and a playoff with Scheffler into view.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

He opened Sunday with a bogey, then had three bogeys in a row on 5, 6 and 7.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

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

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques