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n. - A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes.

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  • golf is a good walk spoiled.
  • The word golf derives from the Dutch word kolf or kolve, meaning club.
  • He drives what he calls a golf-cart car, a Prius, and he made The 11th Hour, a detailed documentary about our planet in crisis.
  • Obama shootin golf with crooked heavy doners and all.
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  • I like to play "golf" (a game using clubs to hit a ball) near the "gulf" (a waterway).
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