Sextuple Bogey Golf Meaning and Example Scores

Have you ever made a score of a sextuple bogey? Chances are you have at some point in your golf journey, no matter how good a player you might be now. But, make no mistake, a sextuple bogey is a terrible score in golf.

"Sextuple bogey" is the term that applies to a score of 6-over-par on an individual golf hole. To put it in a slightly different way, if you need six strokes more than the hole's par rating to finish a hole, you scored a sextuple bogey.

The specific number of strokes required to call a score a sextuple bogey depends on the par of the hole being played. "Sextuple bogey" is one of those in-relation-to-par scoring terms, same as "triple bogey" or "double bogey" or even "bogey" itself.

These are the specific scores that result in a sextuple bogey:

• If you play a par-3 hole in 9 strokes, that's a sextuple bogey.
• If you play a par-4 hole in 10 strokes, sextuple bogey.
• If you play a par-5 holes in 11 strokes, sextuple bogey.

And while most golfers never or very rarely encounter a par-6 holes, they do exist. What is 6-over-par on a par-6 hole? Twelve strokes.

Just remember: Sextuple bogey means 6-over-par on a hole. And if you make one? Well, that's a terrible score. But don't beat yourself up over it, especially if you are a beginner or someone who plays only occasionally. Every golfer has a blow-up hole from time to time, even the pros. There are even PGA Tour players who scored 15 or more on a single hole. Shake it off — try to have a laugh over it if you can — and move on. You might even make a birdie on the next hole.

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