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golf

[golf, gawlf, gof] / gɒlf, gɔlf, gɒf /
NOUN
match play
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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

If it comes to fruition, Trump's transformed golf estate would stand in stark contrast to the rustic Camp David, once a Great Depression-era camp in the woods for federal employees.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

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

I choose the blue golf ball, and Ronan chooses the green.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

He now has a weekly lunch with single and retired male neighbors, golfs, and has taken up pickleball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

“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

She also golfs frequently and is reported to be playing off a handicap of low single figures.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

Mud Turtle, 'spec' dese gen'men gwine to give us fo' bits, mebbe, fo' he'pin 'em hunt dese golfs what we ain't seed.

From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley

Former congressman Michael G. Oxley, who golfed with him a number of times, said Greenspan’s enthusiasm for the game was high but his skill level “sub-mediocre.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

His visit came just weeks after Trump arrived in Scotland for a flying visit, where he too golfed at Turnberry and his course at Menie in Aberdeenshire.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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 his 0-1 curveball was golfed over the right-field fence.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Mamma swam, motored, danced, walked, gossiped, played bridge, and golfed like any debutante.

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris

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

His name adorns Southern Methodist University’s football stadium, and he has been seen golfing with former President George W. Bush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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

“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

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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