Emoji dictionary
🏌️ Golfer emoji
or Person Golfing emoji [ golf-er ih-moh-jee ]
What does 🏌️ Golfer emoji mean?
The Golfer emoji 🏌️ depicts a person swinging a golf club. It is commonly used to represent the sport of golf or sports in general. It is frequently used alongside the Flag in Hole emoji ⛳. The Golfer emoji 🏌️ sees increased usage during major golf tournaments, especially the yearly Masters Tournament held in the first week of April.
Where does 🏌️ Golfer emoji come from?
The Golfer emoji 🏌️was approved under Unicode 7.0 in 2014. On most major platforms, the emoji resembles a yellow-skinned person swinging a golf club (usually a driver) while facing away from the viewer. The colors of the golfer’s clothing varies by platform. The Microsoft version depicts a faceless person positioned toward the viewer. The Twitter version has the golfer wearing gray plaid shorts rather than pants. The golfer is wearing gloves in the Apple and Facebook versions of the emoji.
Examples of 🏌️ Golfer emoji
Who uses 🏌️ Golfer emoji?
The Golfer emoji 🏌️ is used to reference golf or famous golfers such as Tiger Woods, Annika Sörenstam, or Arnold Palmer.
Golfing on Sunday!! 🏌️
— KingT’Chankla (@louie_chavez94) March 22, 2021
Finally time to bring out my inner Tiger Woods 🏌️ 😎
— Caleb John (@Caleb_John35) May 16, 2018
The Golfer emoji 🏌️ sees increased usage during major golf tournaments.
Sometime next week I plan to go golfing so don’t be surprised when you see me on TV in November when I get my invitation to the Masters next week 🏌️ ⛳️
— Noah Zatko (@NoahZatko) May 10, 2020
Just wanna drink cocktails all day and watch the masters 🏌️
— Cam (@cammccarl) April 11, 2020
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