golf course

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

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of golf course¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

The area has sprouted a thriving crop of golf courses and high-end resorts, among them the Fairmont Kea Lani.

From Washington Post

Coyotes look for available green space in urban areas just as deer do, including cemeteries, golf courses, and parks, and especially ones that might have an undeveloped part where most people won’t venture.

From Popular-Science

In other states, like in Oklahoma, grocery workers are in the same vaccination phase as employees of golf courses and photography studios.

From Eater

The health problems and the endless hospital visits came late in life after a pleasant retirement in Oceanside overlooking a golf course he loved to visit.

From Voice of San Diego

Other locations include stand-alone trail systems, parks and golf courses.

From Washington Post

I was going to break 100 on the golf course and clean out the garage.

From The Daily Beast

The action then flashes back to Reiner driving his Ferrari around a golf course.

From The Daily Beast

I would be better off saying, ‘I don’t know a golf course from a goat course.

From The Daily Beast

“We do not routinely do a photo op on the golf course,” Earnest says.

From The Daily Beast

We drove for 10 minutes past flat one-story houses, each with a short, crisp lawn that looked like a small golf course.

From The Daily Beast

It even possessed the attractions of a golf course, the first in Ireland, the Kinnegar at Holywood, p. 92but more of that anon.

From Project Gutenberg

For the immediate present,” Mr. Sabin said, “Mrs. Peterson not having arrived, I want to see that golf course.

From Project Gutenberg

Tait and Forbes strolled aside from the traffic of the golf-course and found a quiet seat in the shade.

From Project Gutenberg

At three Molly Wolcott came, only to disappear promptly in the direction of the golf course.

From Project Gutenberg

Not only is Waddles supreme on the golf course but he dominates the clubhouse as well.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• fairway