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Golf Noun ɡɒlf ɡɑːlf I Play Weekend Enjoyed

Word3 golf
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ɡɒlf/ /ɡɑːlf/
Example
  • i play golf every weekend.
  • he enjoyed a round of golf on a sunday morning.
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golf

(noun)/ɡɒlf/ /ɡɑːlf/
  1. a game played over a large area of ground using sticks with a special shape to hit a small hard ball (a golf ball) into a series of 9 or 18 holes, using as few shots as possible
    • SEE ALSO crazy golf
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/crazy-golf
    • I play golf every weekend.
    • He enjoyed a round of golf on a Sunday morning.

    Extra Examples

    • Choose from over 100 golf packages in our brochure.
    • His coach says his golf swing needs improving.
    • She has a golf handicap of 18.
    • She's been a golf widow since she gave her husband his first set of clubs.
    • The club is holding a golf clinic next week, where golfers can get advice from the pros.
    • The eighth at Banff is one of the world's great golf holes.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English (originally Scots): perhaps related to Dutch kolf ‘club, bat’, used as a term in several Dutch games; golf, however, is recorded before these games.
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