Definition of "golf" []

• A game played on a large outdoor course with a series of 9 or 18 holes spaced far apart, the object being to propel a small, hard ball with the use of various clubs into each hole with as few strokes as possible. (noun)
• To play this game. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I agree seeing someone other than Caucasian in golf is a good thing."
• "The word golf derives from the Dutch word kolf or kolve, meaning club."
• "'' I think he's a better player than I was, '' Nicklaus conceded after two days of playing with the man whose sole purpose in golf is to break his record of"