golf course

noun

: an area of land laid out for golf with a series of 9 or 18 holes each including tee, fairway, and putting green and often one or more natural or artificial hazards

called also golf links

Examples of golf course in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The city has owned the golf course land for almost 50 years, Nary said, but only took over operations in 2020. —Idaho Statesman, 17 Dec. 2025

Snowshoeing and Snowmobiling Explore quiet forests or zip across frozen golf courses at Niseko Village’s winter activity center. —Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025

Bally’s has proposed a roughly $4 billion casino at the Ferry Point golf course in the Bronx that would include a hotel, event center, meeting spaces, restaurants and other amenities. —Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025

For active sports aficionados, there’s an executive nine-hole golf course, tennis and paddleball courts, running trails, rock climbing, and an outdoor gym. —Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for golf course

• concourse
• divorce
• endorse
• enforce
• indorse
• midcourse
• outsource
• perforce
• racecourse
• racehorse
• remorse
• seahorse