front nine

noun

Golf.

1. the first nine holes on an eighteen-hole course.

Example Sentences

Defending champion Jeeno overcame a bogey-birdie start by reeling off three birdies in a row on the front nine and four in a row on the back nine, finishing 54 holes on a tournament-record 22-under 194 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

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Lee made back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth holes and again to close the front nine.

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Grant led Kupcho by a stroke entering the final round and birdied the second, fifth, par-five seventh and par-three ninth holes to make the turn with a three-stroke lead over Kupcho, who made four birdies and two bogeys on the front nine.

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Scheffler stormed from 14th overnight into third with 10 birdies - five on the front nine and five on the back.

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Defending champion Lydia Ko finished one over par, while 2023 winner Lilia Vu recovered from a run of four consecutive bogeys on the front nine to post a two-over-par 74.

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