Definition of golf
(Entry 1 of 2)
: 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
communications code wordDefinition of Golf (Entry 2 of 2)
—used as a code word for the letter g
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The first known use of golf was in the 15th century
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