Nineteenth hole
{{Short description|Golf slang for a bar, pub or tavern}}{{Distinguish|19th hole (miniature golf)}}
In golf, the nineteenth hole is a slang term for a pub, bar, or restaurant on or near the golf course, very often the clubhouse itself.{{Cite web|url=http://www.golf-dictionary.com/golf_terms_n.php|title=Golf-Dictionary.com--Golf dictionary, terms and tips|website=www.golf-dictionary.com|access-date=2008-08-05|archive-date=2008-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531035352/http://www.golf-dictionary.com/golf_terms_n.php|url-status=live}} A standard round of golf has only eighteen (18) holes of play.{{cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/hist_18holes.htm |last=Kelly |first=Brent |title=Golf History FAQ: 18 Holes |website=About.com |access-date=2008-08-05 |archive-date=2008-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924195043/http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/hist_18holes.htm |url-status=dead }} An alternate term for a bar is a "watering hole"; thus, by extension, continuing the day after 18 holes of golf at a watering hole makes the bar a "nineteenth hole". The concept is similar to Après-ski in skiing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apres-ski|title=Definition of APRES-SKI|website=www.merriam-webster.com|access-date=2019-11-04|archive-date=2019-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104230706/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apres-ski|url-status=live}} The R&A has called the Jigger Inn, which overlooks the 17th Road Hole on the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland, "Arguably the most famous 19th hole in the world",{{cite web|url=https://www.theopen.com/JiggerInn2022|title=Jigger Inn at The Open|access-date=2022-07-14|publisher=The R&A|archive-date=2021-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726023028/https://www.theopen.com/JiggerInn2022|url-status=live}} while Golf Monthly has also called it "the most famous 19th hole in golf".{{cite web|url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/what-is-the-jigger-inn|title=What Is The Jigger Inn?|access-date=2022-07-14|publisher=Golf Monthly|author=Hibbitt, James|date=6 July 2022 |archive-date=2022-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714051417/https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/what-is-the-jigger-inn|url-status=live}}
References in media
- The golf stories of author P. G. Wodehouse, which are narrated by his character, the Oldest Member, discuss the nineteenth hole.{{Cite web|url=http://www.classicreader.com/author/75/|title=P.G. Wodehouse @ Classic Reader|website=www.classicreader.com|access-date=2019-11-04|archive-date=2019-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104230711/http://www.classicreader.com/author/75/|url-status=live}}
- At the beginning and again towards the end of the Lars von Trier movie Melancholia, the main character Claire is shown passing the nineteenth hole, which in reality did not exist, on the golf course belonging to the mansion where the movie takes place. Lars von Trier said this was a reference to Limbo.{{cite web | author=Little White Lies magazine | title=Lars Von Trier – Articles - Little White Lies | website=littlewhitelies.co.uk | date=2015-09-29 | url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/articles/lars-von-trier-16234 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929034831/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/articles/lars-von-trier-16234 | archive-date=2015-09-29 | url-status=unfit | access-date=2019-11-04}}
- In a 1985 episode of Knight Rider entitled "The Nineteenth Hole" (Season 3, Episode 16), the term is used as slang, meaning the place where "they bury people who get in the way".{{Cite web|url=http://knightrideronline.com/knight_rider/season_three/the_nineteenth_hole/|title=The Nineteenth Hole - knight rider . original series . knight rider online|website=knightrideronline.com|access-date=2010-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830062620/http://knightrideronline.com/knight_rider/season_three/the_nineteenth_hole/|archive-date=2016-08-30|url-status=dead}}
- A 1989 British television sitcom The Nineteenth Hole, written by Johnny Speight and starring Eric Sykes, was centred on the nineteenth hole. Felt to be racist, sexist and unfunny, it was cancelled after just one series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9375396/Eric-Sykes.html|title=Eric Sykes|date=4 July 2012 |access-date=2020-06-02|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806235059/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9375396/Eric-Sykes.html|url-status=live}}
- In the first episode of the BBC drama The Night Manager, Richard Roper's subordinate Corky says that the only golf he plays is the 19th hole.{{Cite web|url=http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=575&t=25519|title=01x01 - Episode 1 - The Night Manager Transcripts - Forever Dreaming|website=transcripts.foreverdreaming.org|access-date=2016-06-28|archive-date=2016-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808071221/http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=575&t=25519|url-status=live}}
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