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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Noun Inflected Forms

• golf courses
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of golf course

First recorded in 1595–1605

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golf course

Democrats lead polls in the final stretch before the midterms; riots in France reflect enormous economic and political discontent; and DOJ lawyers spar with judge over Trump’s plans for public golf course in D.C.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

"The biggest thing that I like about this golf course .. is that it's affordable," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

She also ordered the government to give three business days' notice before making any further "irreparable modification" to the East Potomac golf course and scheduled a follow-up hearing for October 19.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

August Mazza and Ben Harrington met through their dads at a golf course in the Chicago suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Already he’d borrowed heavily to redo their house, to buy into the west side subdivision and golf course, and to wheedle a position on the proposed ski valley’s board of directors.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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