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

The president went on to say he planned to renovate a "dilapidated, worn out, and very dangerous" golf course in Washington called East Potomac Golf Links, located on an island in the Potomac River.

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

This is a restaurant situated next to both a Greek sculpture-themed mini golf course and a feral cat colony, so it isn’t exactly unfamiliar with a little chaos.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Murray spends hours on the golf course in his mission to become a scratch player and has dipped his toe into padel.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

In his early teens, Shreiber worked at a golf course, then as a bus boy at the Ritz-Carlton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

The paramedics had checked him out on the golf course, and the school nurse at Trace Middle had spent forty-five minutes “observing” him for signs of a possible concussion.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Related Words

• fairway