golf course

American  

noun

golf courses plural

1. the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.

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golf course British  

noun

1. a general term for an area of ground, either inland or beside the sea, laid out for the playing of golf

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• golf courses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of golf course

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

In 2023, the former Cedar View Golf course, on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in upstate New York, was bought by the Finger Lakes Land Trust.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

Golf course memberships are separate, but residents get discounted rates.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2022

Golf course designer Dana Fry had a chance to personally escort Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose around Erin Hills and came away with a prediction that a European golfer will win the 117th U.S.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 13, 2017

Golf course officials and sheriff’s deputies, who appeared to have been called out to the scene, watched from a balcony of the clubhouse, but didn’t intervene, Warren said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2017

Officials often vote an American Golf course best in the county.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2016

Related Words

• fairway