back nine

noun

golf
: holes 10 through 18

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Things went south enough that fellow two-time major winner Jon Rahm caught him at 9-under-par on the back nine. Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 May 2025 Rahm's performance in the second round of the PGA Championship included two birdies and one bogey on the front nine and par on every hole on the back nine. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025 As for the golf: Gerard made his impact on a remarkable stretch through the back nine. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025 Reed Arnaldo La Costa Canyon Golf Playing in the Goat Hill Invitational, Arnaldo posted rounds of a 3-under-par 31 on the Goat Hill black back nine to go with a 1-under 30 on the front nine in leading the Mavericks to the title. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for back nine

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