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How to pronounce golf in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms golf game
Type of outdoor game
Has types match play, medal play, stroke play, professional golf, round, miniature golf, round of golf, clock golf
Type Words
Type of play
Derivation golfer, golfing

Examples of golf

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When I come down to making a choice, I have to go with golf for several reasons.
From the stltoday.com
The new Prairie Club golf courses opened last year in rolling Sandhills terrain.
From the omaha.com
Everyone else at the bank played golf or bridge, but I wanted to be a gladiator.
From the bloomberg.com
He still has classes to teach next year, maybe on golf or the history of sports.
From the sfgate.com
So I'm looking at stuff I shouldn't be looking at while I'm trying to play golf.
From the sacbee.com
Friends say that Priory doesn't usually golf with other CEOs or Duke executives.
From the businessweek.com
The golf is still great in San Diego, but Tijuana's attractions are fading fast.
From the businessweek.com
They're the first ever state boys qualifying team in boys golf for their school.
From the dailyherald.com
It's a big golf course but it has small targets, made smaller by their firmness.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
  • Play golf
  • (golfer) someone who plays the game of golf
  • (golfing) playing golf; "he goes south every winter for the golfing"
  • Golf is a precision club-and-ball sport, in which competing players (golfers), using many types of clubs, attempt to hit balls into each hole on a golf course while employing the fewest number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area. ...
  • Golf is a 1980 video game for the Atari 2600 based on the sport of the same name. The game was developed and published by Atari. In this game, one or two players can play nine holes of golf.
  • Golf billiards (also referred to as simply golf in clear context, and sometimes called golf pool or golf pocket billiards) is a pocket billiards game usually played for money. Unlike the majority of such games, it allows more than two people to play without compromises or rule changes. ...
  • Golf is not one, but two different card games where players try to earn the lowest number of points (as in golf, the sport) over the course of nine deals (or "holes" to further use golfing teminology). ...
  • Golf equipment encompasses the various items that are used to play the sport of golf. Types of equipment include the golf ball itself, implements designed for striking the golf ball, devices that aid in the process of playing a stroke, and items that in some way enrich the playing experience.