five hole
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of five hole
First recorded in 2000–05; the four corners of the goal being the other four holes
Example Sentences
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This is a 470-yard, par five hole with a sharp dogleg around some woods to the left.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2020
Street cut Vegas' lead in half when he skated around wing Tomas Hyka and beat Fleury when he slipped the puck through the five hole early in the third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2018
Janmark cut the Blues' lead to 3-2 with his first career playoff goal 4:35 into the third, scoring off a wrist shot from the slot that beat Elliott through the five hole.
From Reuters ● May 1, 2016
The shot deflected off defenseman John Carlson’s thigh and spun toward the net like a Frisbee, diving past forward Wayne Simmonds’s leg and through Holtby’s five hole.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2015
If he does a five hole in four he blames himself that he did not do it in three; if he does it in five he is miserable.
From Not that it Matters by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
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