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golf

[golf, gawlf, gof] / gɒlf, gɔlf, gɒf /
NOUN
match play
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The golf, or fly fishing, is merely a good excuse to go do that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

I play golf like I fly fish—it’s better than working, I’m hanging out with friends, and there may be Scotch involved at some point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

SI will host an event for Authentic at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta this week and has a permanent high-end, track-side hospitality space at Churchill Downs in Kentucky called Club SI.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

I’m pretty bad at golf but at the end of the day the goal is to get the ball in the hole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The day had been unusually mild for January, with temperatures in the mid-fifties, so he had slipped away for an early round of golf.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling