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bogey

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


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It was particularly flabbergasting for the same reason that it didn’t dent Korda’s chances of winning: Korda had gone 60 consecutive holes without a bogey, and this one would hardly matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 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 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

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 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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