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nineteenth hole en · NOUN

Etymology

From an extension of the golf course hole-numbering system, wherein a (normal) full-length course consists of eighteen holes.

Meanings

1. A pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf, usually in the clubhouse at the course.
   • 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 79:
   • Many 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:
   • 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 50:

Forms

Coordinates

après-ski

Translations (3)

sv nittonde hål (usually in definite singular: nittonde hålet) (pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf) · no nittende hull (pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf) · da nittende hul (pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf)