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golf

[golf, gawlf, gof] / gɒlf, gɔlf, gɒf /
NOUN
match play
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On Friday, federal agents initially saw a suspicious individual, who was later identified as Taele, walking around the golf course, according to the affidavit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Related: I am a CFP and see nothing wrong with networking on the golf course.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

“I have visions of older gentlemen going out at night and doing it in balaclavas and golf jumpers,” said Susan Oliver, who runs SO & Co., a fashion accessories and gift store in town.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Taele was arrested Sunday during his second visit to the golf course.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

He does skydiving and cross-country skiing and jogging, and he plays golf.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

He frequently golfs at his courses in Florida or Virginia on weekends, and he keeps in touch with golf personalities.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

“It’s still hard, but that’s natural because a lot of players like golfing on the weekend,” said Jongseo Joseph Lee, president of the SoCal Dream Golf Club, who golfs twice a month on city courses.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2025

Ms. Benefield was diagnosed with asbestosis and has been on supplemental oxygen full-time since 2015, though she still golfs and bowls, she says.

From New York Times Feb. 25, 2022

Perdue often golfs with Trump and speaks with him frequently by phone.

From Reuters Jan. 5, 2021

Some parts, de wild golfs run 'roun' so thick a man hardly kin plough his fiel', 'thout carryin' six or eight shotguns on de plow.

From Lady Luck by Wiley, Hugh

In March of this year, Trump golfed with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in West Palm Beach, partnering in a club tournament Trump said the two men won.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2025

But Volker Heun, who worked as a bank executive in the U.S. and once golfed with Trump, said those fears are misplaced, citing the nearly two million Germans who visited America without issue last year.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2025

For years after the campaign, the two men golfed together, and as vice president Mr. Biden had Mr. Burris and his granddaughter into the White House.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

But Ryan McMahon golfed a cutter over the wall for a solo homer to make it 4-0.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2024

When they golfed she had a delightful way of making her conversation from green to green into a sort of serial.

From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Hamilton, Cosmo

A new PlayStation service lets members pay for rewards—such as a deal on an outfit for a golfing avatar—and in turn, CleanPlay commits to paying for renewable energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The Wrights have dinner together every night and go golfing or walking together a few times a month.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

“It’s a lot less pretentious — more diverse, more access for all different types of people,” says Ingram, who noticed a shift in golfing culture in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Long-time friends Rob Davis, 67, and David Lewis, 64, golfing partners of more than 30 years, both made a hole-in-one, on the same hole and in the same round.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

He was dressed in golfing clothes and looked slightly ill at ease.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French



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