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noun ADJ. amateur, pro, pro-am, professional Amateur golf is very competitive. | mini/miniature The hotel offers miniature golf and other activities for children. QUANT. game, round VERB + GOLF play | take up | watch GOLF + NOUN course, links | hole The eighth at Banff is one of the world's great golf holes. | club She decided to join a golf club. | bag, ball, buggy, cart, club, equipment, glove, shoes, tee, umbrella You can borrow golf clubs if you want a game. | swing His coach says his golf swing needs improving. | game, match, tournament | title | handicap She has a golf handicap of 18. | professional, star | fan/fanatic | season | circuit, scene, tour | clinic, lesson The club is holding a golf clinic next week, where golfers can get advice from the pros. | correspondent, journalist, reporter, writer | magazine | holiday, package Choose from over 100 golf packages in our brochure. | widow She's been a golf widow since she gave her husband his first set of clubs.SPORT
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verbs
play golf
• I play golf at the weekends.
take up golf
(= start playing golf )
• He took up golf as a way of getting more exercise.
phrases
a game of golf
• Anybody fancy a game of golf this afternoon?
a round of golf
(= a complete game of golf )
• He invited me to join him for a round of golf.
golf + NOUN
a golf course
(= an area of land designed for playing golf )
• an 18-hole golf course
a golf club/Club
(= an organization that you join in order to use its golf course, or the building where members meet )
• the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club • a party at the golf club
a golf club
(= a long thin metal stick used to hit the ball in golf )
• He spent $2000 on a new set of golf clubs.
a golf tournament/championship
• She decided to enter the golf tournament.
somebody's golf swing
(= the way someone moves a golf club when hitting the ball )
• Keith's been working on improving his golf swing.
a golf bag
(= that holds the clubs )
• I put the golf bag over my shoulder.
a golf cart
(= a small car used on golf courses )
• He used a golf cart to get around the course.
a golf professional
• Jack's hoping to become a golf professional.
a golf lesson
• I'm thinking of taking golf lessons.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + golf
18-hole/9-hole golf
• Facilities include an 18-hole golf course.
amateur/professional golf
• The standard of women's amateur golf is certainly improving.
tournament/championship golf
• The course is suitable for modern world-class championship golf.
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