bogy
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Lopez-Chacarra overcame a triple bogy on the long par-4 seventh and tied Sargent for the lead with a short birdie on the par-4 15th.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2022
In the 1950s, 3D was wheeled out to upstage television, the industry bogy of that era.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2010
But there was another bogy: in an alternate method, hormone pellets are implanted in the steer's ear or neck for gradual absorption.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inflation is a bogy word that has almost passed out of the news in a day when businesses have so much unused capacity around.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of the rooms had cupboards—dark, mysterious, cobwebby recesses—into which she 54 peered with a rather jumpy sensation that a bogy might suddenly pop out.
From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol
Defending champion Nick Taylor, who had been in a share of the lead after two rounds, slipped back to tied-fifth with a disappointing 70 that included four bogies.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
Wu, the Chinese player who finished in a tie for 79th in Spain last year, took the early lead after making eight birdies and no bogies in a round of 8-under 63.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
Osswald made eight birdie putts and had four bogies.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2022
The University of Virginia grad, who’s only carded two bogies all week, is in a four-way tie for third at 6-under with Luke List, James Hahn, and Kurt Kitayama.
From Washington Times ● May 6, 2022
Puffskein is a scavenger that will eat anything from leftovers to spiders, but it has a particular preference for sticking its tongue up the nose of sleeping wizards and eating their bogies.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
