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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.


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

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Origin of golf course

First recorded in 1595–1605

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Trump then inaugurated another golf course bearing his name in the town of Balmedie, near Aberdeen on the northeast Scottish coast.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

He last visited the Republic in 2019, where he also spent time at his golf course.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

It also reminded the user of an upcoming tee time and told the user which hole was going to be the most difficult on the golf course.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The city’s determination stalling the project “is based on the false assertion that the active golf course, in the middle of a residential neighborhood, is habitat for mountain lions,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

When Roy got to the golf course, he locked his bike to the pipes of a water fountain and set off jogging down the same fairway where he’d gotten clobbered.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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