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

Trump has always preferred the golf courses his family owns — spending about one of every four days of his second term at one of them. —Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026

The town purchased that property on Woodfield Road — a golf course, pool and clubhouse — for $7 million in 2009 when the owners went bankrupt. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026

There are several high-end hotels in a row, along with residences, golf courses, tennis courts, a shopping center, and a scenic coastal path. —Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025

Hatfield carefully engineered the shoe to accommodate Kohlhausen’s prosthetics on the golf course. —Riley Jones, Footwear News, 31 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