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golf

[golf, gawlf, gof] / gɒlf, gɔlf, gɒf /
NOUN
match play
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Asked by reporters if he would call the new presidential retreat at his golf club "Camp Donald", Trump replied, "Well, it's already called Trump International. It's one of the best golf courses in the world."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

They played so much golf that Haaland knocked seven strokes off his game to lower his handicap to 15.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

My driverless Jaguar picked me up in a golf course parking lot a three-minute walk from my condo complex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Also, two-time major golf champion Bryson DeChambeau said that while it’s likely that moon landings have happened, some of the footage we’ve been shown might have been fake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

William was a doubles tennis champion and later took up golf.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

Worse, he no longer golfs or snowmobiles —- including rides with his brother, friends and his 20-year-old son, Anthony.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

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

"There's some golfs now if you boys never seen any."

From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley

The two men regularly golfed together, and the senator, who was always a fixture on cable news television, ardently defended the president and his policies.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

And with two outs, Jason Heyward golfed another long ball deep to right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2024

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

Bichette golfed the low pitch over the wall for two-run homer.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 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 Cosmo Hamilton

The golf-mad president -- whose relaxed relationship with the game's rules was documented by sports journalist Rick Reilly in the 2019 book "Commander in Cheat" -- has repeatedly boasted about his golfing talent.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Police released body camera footage in April that captured the aftermath of the incident, showing the golfing legend after his vehicle clipped a truck and rolled over.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

He could have spent his whole life doing nothing but golfing and hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein, and he would have ended up vastly more wealthy than he is today.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

“I’ve heard some creative excuses for blocking housing in Los Angeles, but golfing mountain lions may take the prize.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

I think he really thought if the boys wanted to go mini golfing, it was as simple as getting in a nice car and going.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri



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