often attributive
: a game in which a player using special clubs attempts to sink a ball with as few strokes as possible into each of the 9 or 18 successive holes on a course
golf
intransitive verb
golfer
noun
Golf
2 of 2communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter g
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The result is stiff fingers and wrists, achy joints and tennis or golf elbow — painful, inflamed tendons — among other conditions.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
And that’s on top of all the amenities found throughout the Poconos Mountains resort, which include indoor and outdoor pools, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, bumper boats and go-karts, disc and mini golf, and fishing docks.
—Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
There’s an expression from golf that covers what the Chiefs did on their way to 15-2:
Not how, but how many.
—Mike Lupica, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
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The team counts other familiar faces among its stakeholders, including Niall Horan, another singer with a love for golf.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The result is stiff fingers and wrists, achy joints and tennis or golf elbow — painful, inflamed tendons — among other conditions.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
And that’s on top of all the amenities found throughout the Poconos Mountains resort, which include indoor and outdoor pools, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, bumper boats and go-karts, disc and mini golf, and fishing docks.
—Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
There’s an expression from golf that covers what the Chiefs did on their way to 15-2:
Not how, but how many.
—Mike Lupica, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Golf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golf. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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golf
noun
ˈgälf 
ˈgȯlf,
ˈgäf,
ˈgȯf
: a game in which the player uses specialized clubs to try to hit a small ball with as few strokes as possible into each of 9 or 18 holes
golf
verb
golfer
noun
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