Main Entry:

golf

Pronunciation:

\ˈgälf, ˈgȯlf, ˈgäf, ˈgȯf sometimes ˈgəlf\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often attributive

Etymology:

Middle English (Scots)

Date:

15th century

: a game in which a player using special clubs attempts to sink a ball with as few strokes as possible into each of the 9 or 18 successive holes on a course

— golf intransitive verb

— golf·er noun