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golf

[golf, gawlf, gof] / gɒlf, gɔlf, gɒf /
NOUN
match play
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The letter, obtained by the local outlet, states that the golf club would provide access to all its facilities at "no cost to the federal government" and provide free membership to future presidents.

From BBC ● 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

When investors hear the words “insider trading,” they think of profitable stock tips exchanged on a golf course or through some coded message: “Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Even Walter Cronkite’s voice had that quiet excitement of a sportscaster announcing a big-deal golf putt.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

He golfs, attends a men’s prayer group, plays the bagpipes, marches in parades and enjoys the company of his seven grandchildren, all boys.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

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

From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2021

Mr. Balfour, it should be noted, wore brown tennis shoes with rubber soles, unlike Sir Oliver Lodge, who always golfs in white buckskin boots.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

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

He even golfed at Pebble Beach in May.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 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

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

"And if he golfed as well as he fought," Shane's Uncle Robin used to laugh, "they s'ould never have let him tee up a ball on the course!"

From The Wind Bloweth by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

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

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

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

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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