Dogleg Right
A golf hole with a fairway that has a bend to the right
Example
He double bogeyed the dogleg right on the back nine
Related Slang
| Dogleg left | A golf hole with a fairway that has a bend to the left |
| Dogleg | A golf hole with a fairway that bends |
| Double dogleg | A golf hole with a fairway that has two bends |
| Die in the hole | Golf shot that makes it to the hole and falls in |
| Drop | A ball dropped from a golfer's outstretched arm |
| Mulligan | Redo |
| Fat shot | A golf shot that takes a chunk out of the ground |
| Front nine | First nine holes of an 18-hole golf course |
| Back nine | Last nine holes of an 18-hole golf course |
| Handicap | Numerical score that represents a golfer's ability |
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Dogleg right is a golf hole with a fairway that bends to the right in order to obscure the green from the tee. The term comes from the resemblance of the bend of the fairway to a dog's leg.
A dogleg right course forces a golfer to be more strategic in how he hits the ball cince it's more challenging than a direct line-of-sight hole. The term may also appear as "dogleg left" for a hole bending to the left instead of the right. If it bends twice, it is called "double dogleg."