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golf course

American  

noun

  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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of golf course

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

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A few months later, another armed man was arrested on a West Palm Beach golf course where Trump was playing a round.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The money has allowed a local school, Sheppey College, to be refurbished, an adventure golf course to be built, and redevelopment of the main gym in Sheerness.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

In one instance, the Secret Service told Trump that he couldn’t play a hole on a golf course because they deemed it too exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Two months later, a Secret Service agent shot at a gunman pointing a rifle on Trump’s golf course as the president golfed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

In the distance, I could see that two of the poolside recliners had been pulled out onto the golf course, near one of the flags marking a hole.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

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