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back nine

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noun

Golf.
  1. the final nine holes on an eighteen-hole course.


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Hisatsune picked up six strokes in the space of five holes on the back nine at TPC Scottsdale building an 11-under par total of 131.

From Barron's

"My only hope is if he doesn't set his alarm or he somehow starts hitting in the rough on the back nine maybe," Dahmen told PGA Golf.

From BBC

The 45-year-old from England got off to a blistering start and held his nerve on Torrey's testing back nine to build a 54-hole total of 21-under par 195.

From Barron's

Ko rattled off a hat-trick of birdies on the back nine in a bogey-free round that left her on eight-under after 36 holes at Lake Nona Country Club in Orlando, Florida.

From Barron's

Grant made five of her six birdies on the back nine to surge to her share of second.

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