English

Noun

nineteenth hole ‎(uncountable)

1. (golf) A pub/bar where golfers go for drinks after a game of golf, usually in the clubhouse at the course.
   • 1972, The Diced Cap: The Story of Aberdeen City Police, page 79:

     The incident occurred at the "University Bar," Sinclair Road, the public house now styled the "Nineteenth Hole."

   • 2007, John H. Minan, The Little Green Book of Golf Law: The Real Rules of the Game of Golf (ISBN 1590318455), page 145:

     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.

   • 2009, Tom Coyne, A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk (ISBN 1592404243), page 50:

     As it was told to me in the nineteenth hole, a cracking pub in the center of town, […]

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