front nine
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The 26-year-old endured a difficult front nine, picking up a bogey on the third and a double bogey on the ninth, but settled on the home straight to end the day with a two-under-par 71.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
A double bogey and bogey in a three-hole span on the front nine dropped him into fourth place, two strokes off the lead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
But the American showed remarkable calm and control on a masterful front nine, featuring four birdies, to move into a lead he never looked like relinquishing.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Fleetwood had two bogeys and a birdie on the front nine but settled down from there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
The area gained in this vast operation was a front nine miles long to an extreme depth of five miles.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
