Meanings
plural nineteenth holes
- golfA pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf, usually in the clubhouse at the course.
As it was told to me in the nineteenth hole, a cracking pub in the center of town, […]
2009, Tom Coyne, A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk, →ISBN, page 502 more examples
The incident occurred at the "University Bar," Sinclair Road, the public house now styled the "Nineteenth Hole."
1972, The Diced Cap: The Story of Aberdeen City Police, page 79Many golfers enjoy the tradition associated with the nineteenth hole. This tradition usually involves a trip to the clubhouse bar, or something serving its reasonable approximation, [... for] a few drinks. On occasion, some golfers get carried away at the nineteenth hole, sometimes in handcuffs.
2007, John H. Minan, The Little Green Book of Golf Law: The Real Rules of the Game of Golf, →ISBN, page 145
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From an extension of the golf course hole-numbering system, wherein a (normal) full-length course consists of eighteen holes.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish nittende hul
- nittende hulpub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf
Norwegian nittende hull
- nittende hullpub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf
Swedish nittonde hål (usually in definite singular: nittonde hålet)
- nittonde hål (usually in definite singular: nittonde hålet)pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf
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