front nine

noun

Golf.

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

Example Sentences

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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A two-under 34 on the front nine failed to do that and when McIlroy frittered away two shots on the 10th, it was clear the championship was beyond his reach.

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Matt Fitzpatrick mixed two bogeys with three birdies on the front nine.

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Hatton, who like Westwood, is yet to win a major, played the front nine in 33 and closed with seven successive pars to end the day one off the pace.

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Related Words

• fairway