back nine

noun

golf
: holes 10 through 18

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More Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The World No. 1 showed a lot of resilience, bouncing back from that dreadful start with a bogey-free 33 on the back nine to give herself a chance on Sunday. Troy Finnegan‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025 This one looked inevitable, but only after a quick development early on the back nine. CBS News, 1 June 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for back nine

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“Back nine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20nine. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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