back nine

noun

golf
: holes 10 through 18

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Big Brother’s Best and Worst Winners, Ranked View List Big Brother Reindeer Games aired its first season last December, welcoming back nine series alumni: Cody Calafiore, Nicole Franzel, Frankie Grande, Taylor Hale, Cameron Hardin, Britney Haynes, Josh Martinez, Xavier Prather and Danielle Reyes. Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024 Coming in four back and tied for sixth, Scheffler shot a course-record 62, including six birdies on the back nine. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024 Mango Mercado, by contrast, fits deceptively on Donald Ross Road like a golf ball on the back nine, his breakfast-lunch counter blending in with the city’s many cafes. Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2024 Powered by a torrid four-birdie back nine, the meat of his best-round-of-the-day 6-under 65, Schauffele surged past a half-dozen contenders, took the lead with a birdie at the par-4 13th hole and never looked back. Bob Gillespie, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2024 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 1 Dec. 2024.

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