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

Golf course employees rushed to the wreckage, pulling the pilot, co-pilot and another person from the plane before offloading the dog crates.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

Golf course residential spending plummeted and the number of new golf course construction projects fell.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2017

Golf course officials and sheriff’s deputies, who appeared to have been called out to the scene, watched from a balcony of the clubhouse, but didn’t intervene, Warren said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2017

Britain's Justin Rose celebrates his victory in the men's individual stroke play final day at the Olympic Golf course during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 14, 2016

Golf course workers often can siphon out the water and rake up the sand to make it playable.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2012

Related Words

• fairway