front nine

noun

golf
: holes 1 through 9

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Roy began on the front nine and closed with an eagle-birdie finish, including a chip-in from 30 feet on the par-5 17th. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025 Rory McIlroy enters Sunday in the same position after making four birdies on the front nine but giving two strokes back with a double-bogey on No. 12 and bogey on No. 16. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025 The Indiana Fever star played the front nine with Korda and the back nine with Sorenstam. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025 The front nine was especially easier and accounted for most of that differential. Justin Ray, New York Times, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for front nine

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“Front nine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20nine. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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