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golf

[golf, gawlf, gof] / gɒlf, gɔlf, gɒf /
NOUN
match play
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Content creator and golf brand Good Good has apologised and removed an advertisement for a new golf driver which showed a woman being pushed to the ground after reaching for the club.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Regular clips include men and women competing in various golf challenges, while Good Good also creates made-for-TV shows as well as adverts for golf clothing and other merchandise.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Rather than arrive unannounced at the owner’s door, I pulled over and reset my destination to a golf course about 25 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Blumenfield said there is “a plethora of information including ecological and biological reports, insights from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and years of evidence from neighbors” that the golf course is habitat for mountain lions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

It would be the one who played golf.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

He frequently golfs at his courses in Florida or Virginia on weekends, and he keeps in touch with golf personalities.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

“It’s still hard, but that’s natural because a lot of players like golfing on the weekend,” said Jongseo Joseph Lee, president of the SoCal Dream Golf Club, who golfs twice a month on city courses.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2025

Worse, he no longer golfs or snowmobiles —- including rides with his brother, friends and his 20-year-old son, Anthony.

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2024

Ms. Benefield was diagnosed with asbestosis and has been on supplemental oxygen full-time since 2015, though she still golfs and bowls, she says.

From New York Times Feb. 25, 2022

Mr. Balfour, it should be noted, wore brown tennis shoes with rubber soles, unlike Sir Oliver Lodge, who always golfs in white buckskin boots.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

His visit came just weeks after Trump arrived in Scotland for a flying visit, where he too golfed at Turnberry and his course at Menie in Aberdeenshire.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2025

And with two outs, Jason Heyward golfed another long ball deep to right.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2024

For years after the campaign, the two men golfed together, and as vice president Mr. Biden had Mr. Burris and his granddaughter into the White House.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

Bichette golfed the low pitch over the wall for two-run homer.

From Seattle Times Apr. 9, 2024

With many there he had danced and golfed and bridged a hundred times.

From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives

In one, apparently written during or after an overseas golfing trip, Harp apologizes for having sprinted after the president for lack of a golf cart.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

A new PlayStation service lets members pay for rewards—such as a deal on an outfit for a golfing avatar—and in turn, CleanPlay commits to paying for renewable energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

In addition to teaching and writing, he enjoyed golfing, horseback riding, fighting City Hall over an environmental issue, volunteering in soup kitchens and speaking to youth organizations, according to his bio.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

The other takeaway from your golfing experience is relevant to all relationships, whether professional or personal.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

I think he really thought if the boys wanted to go mini golfing, it was as simple as getting in a nice car and going.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri



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