greens fee

noun

: a fee paid for the privilege of playing on a golf course

called also green fee

Examples of greens fee in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The $10 will be credited toward a golfer’s greens fee. Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024 That’s around $200 a day all in, and that wouldn’t even pay for the greens fees at courses of this caliber at most Florida golf resorts in winter. Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024 Tickets are $225 per player, including lunch, cart, greens fees, dinner and a 19th hole celebration. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023 The cost is $110 per person and includes the greens fee, cart and light lunch, with dinner after golfing. Also included are goody bags, door prizes and a Chinese auction. cleveland, 9 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for greens fee 

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Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of greens fee was in 1909

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“Greens fee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greens%20fee. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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