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