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G0185600 (gŏlf, gôlf)n. A game played on a large outdoor course with a series of 9 or 18 holes spaced far apart, the object being to propel a small, hard ball with the use of various clubs into each hole with as few strokes as possible.v. golfed, golf·ing, golfs v.intr. To play this game: She golfed every day on her vacation.v.tr. To play this game at (a location): He golfed 18 holes this morning. I golfed the municipal course last Saturday.

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(ɡɒlf) n (Golf) a. a game played on a large open course, the object of which is to hit a ball using clubs, with as few strokes as possible, into each of usually 18 holesb. (as modifier): a golf bag. vb (Golf) (intr) to play golf[C15: perhaps from Middle Dutch colf club]

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(gɒlf, gɔlf; Brit. also gɒf)

n. 1. a game in which clubs are used to hit a small ball into a series of holes, usu. 9 or 18, situated over a course, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible. v.i. 2. to play golf. [1425–75] golf′er, n.

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Past participle: golfed
Gerund: golfing

Imperative
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Present
I golf
you golf
he/she/it golfs
we golf
you golf
they golf

Preterite
I golfed
you golfed
he/she/it golfed
we golfed
you golfed
they golfed

Present Continuous
I am golfing
you are golfing
he/she/it is golfing
we are golfing
you are golfing
they are golfing

Present Perfect
I have golfed
you have golfed
he/she/it has golfed
we have golfed
you have golfed
they have golfed

Past Continuous
I was golfing
you were golfing
he/she/it was golfing
we were golfing
you were golfing
they were golfing

Past Perfect
I had golfed
you had golfed
he/she/it had golfed
we had golfed
you had golfed
they had golfed

Future
I will golf
you will golf
he/she/it will golf
we will golf
you will golf
they will golf

Future Perfect
I will have golfed
you will have golfed
he/she/it will have golfed
we will have golfed
you will have golfed
they will have golfed

Future Continuous
I will be golfing
you will be golfing
he/she/it will be golfing
we will be golfing
you will be golfing
they will be golfing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been golfing
you have been golfing
he/she/it has been golfing
we have been golfing
you have been golfing
they have been golfing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been golfing
you will have been golfing
he/she/it will have been golfing
we will have been golfing
you will have been golfing
they will have been golfing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been golfing
you had been golfing
he/she/it had been golfing
we had been golfing
you had been golfing
they had been golfing

Conditional
I would golf
you would golf
he/she/it would golf
we would golf
you would golf
they would golf

Past Conditional
I would have golfed
you would have golfed
he/she/it would have golfed
we would have golfed
you would have golfed
they would have golfed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	golf - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holesgolf gameoutdoor game - an athletic game that is played outdoorsprofessional golf - playing golf for moneyround of golf, round - the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours"medal play, stroke play - golf scoring by total strokes takenmatch play - golf scoring by holes wonminiature golf - a novelty version of golf played with golf balls and putters on a miniature course featuring many obstaclesclock golf - a form of golf in which you putt from positions arranged on the circumference of a circle around the holeapproach shot, approach - a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"chip shot, chip - (golf) a low running approach shotdriving iron, one iron - (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical faceclub head, clubhead, club-head, golf-club head - (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ballgolf course, links course - course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golfgolf equipment - sports equipment used in playing golfdriving range, golf range - a practice range for practicing golf shotsheel - (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaftplus fours - men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf)toe - (golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaftwedge - (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad solewhip - (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf clubloft - (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the airaddress - the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ballscratch - (golf) a handicap of zero strokes; "a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course"scorecard, card - (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"apron - (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the greendivot - a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)divot - (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot"greenskeeper - someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf coursemedal winner, medalist, medallist - (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournamentstroke - (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes"birdie - (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a holebogey - (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a holedouble-bogey - (golf) a score of two strokes over par for a holeeagle - (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a holedouble eagle - (golf) a score of three strokes under par on a holepar - (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72"address - adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hittingtee off - strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a holepar - make a score (on a hole) equal to parace - play (a hole) in one strokecaddie, caddy - act as a caddie and carry clubs for a playereagle - shoot in two strokes under parhole up - score a hole in onecarry - cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"toe - drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the clubshank - hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong directionputt - strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter; "he putted the ball several feet past the hole"putt - hit a putt; "he lost because he putted so poorly"heel - strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"toe - hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the clubdrive - strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball"hole, hole out - hit the ball into the holeslice - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different directionhook - hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the leftsclaff - strike (the ground) in making a sclaffsclaff - strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped firsttee, tee up - place on a tee; "tee golf balls"chip - play a chip shot
Verb	1.	golf - play golfplay - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"

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Golf terms

ace (U.S.), air shot or fresh air shot, albatross, approach, apron, back nine (chiefly U.S.), backswing, bag, ball, bandit, better-ball, birdie, blade, bogey, borrow, bunker, trap, or (esp. U.S. & Canad.) sand trap, caddie, caddie car, carry, casual water, chip, club, clubhouse, course, cup, cut, divot, dormie, downswing, draw, drive, driver, driving range, duff, eagle, fade, fairway, fluff, foozle, fore, four-ball, foursome, front nine (chiefly U.S.), gimme, green, green fee, green keeper, greensome, grip, half, half shot, handicap, hazard, heel, hole, hole in one, honour, hook, hosel, iron, ladies' tee, lag, lie, links, local rules, loft, long iron, marker, match play, medal play, medal tee, midiron, nine-hole course, nineteenth hole, par, pin, pitch and run, pitching wedge, pitch shot, play through, plus fours, plus twos, practice swing, pull, putt, putter, putting green, rabbit, recovery, rough, round, rub of the green, run, Royal and Ancient or R & A, sand wedge, sclaff, score, score card, scratch, shaft, shank, short iron, single, slice, slow play, spoon, Stableford system, stance, stroke, stroke play, stymie, sweetspot, swing, take-away, tee, thin, tiger, threesome, top, trolley, waggle, wedge, wood, yips

Translations

高尔夫球打高尔夫球

golf

(golf) noun a game in which a small white ball is hit across open ground and into small holes by means of golf-clubs. He plays golf every Sunday.高尔夫球 verb to play golf. 打高尔夫球ˈgolfing noun打高尔夫球ˈgolfer noun a person who plays golf. a keen golfer.打高尔夫球的人ˈgolf-club noun the long thin stick used to hit the ball in golf. He bought a new set of golf-clubs.高尔夫球棒golf club a society of people who play golf, or the place where they meet. the local golf club.高尔夫球俱乐部golf course the place where golf is played. 高尔夫球场

golf

→ 高尔夫球zhCN

Where can I play golf? → 哪儿能打高尔夫？
Is there a public golf course near here? → 附近有公共高尔夫球场吗？
Do they rent out golf clubs? (US)
Do they hire out golf clubs? (UK) → 能租到高尔夫球杆吗？

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game of hitting a small hard ball with specially made clubs over an outdoor course sometimes (particularly if it is near the coast) called a links. The object is to deposit the ball in a specified number of cups, or holes, using as few strokes as possible. Although golf's place of origin is uncertain, Scotland has the strongest claim. As early as 1457 it was banned there as a threat to archery practice, which was considered vital to national defense. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland (founded 1754), is the international shrine of golf, and the club's basic rules are the worldwide standards.

Rules and Equipment

The standard course, usually more than 6,000 yd (about 5,500 m) in length, consists of 18 consecutively numbered "holes" (the playing areas leading to the cups). The cup measures 4.5 in. (11.43 cm) in diameter and is set into a smooth surface of closely cropped grass, called a green. Golfers begin play by driving the ball toward the hole from the tee, a slightly elevated rectangular area. Between the tee and the green lies the fairway, often bounded by tall grass (the rough) and trees, and containing natural or constructed obstacles (hazards), such as small lakes or streams, sand pits (bunkers), and mounds. Fairways vary in length from 100 to 650 yd (90–600 m). Two basic principles underlie nearly all the rules: first, players must play the course as they find it and, second, they must play only their own ball, and not touch it (except to hit it with a club) until play is completed on the hole. These principles ensure challenging conditions, demanding skilled shotmaking, and imposing penalties for the loss of one's ball.

The rules have varied little, but changes in equipment have been dramatic over time. In golf's earliest days, the ball was made of feathers stuffed tightly into a leather bag and struck with wooden-shafted clubs. Today balls are of composite materials and can be hit in excess of 300 yds (274 m). A complete set of golf clubs once comprised 3 or 4 woods, used for long drives; 10 irons (numbered upward as the angle of the club face provided increased loft), used for intermediate and short shots; and a putter, used for rolling the ball across the green. Although golfers may carry no more than 14 clubs in their bags, they can now select from 15 different woods, some now made of nonwood materials, from a range of hybrid clubs that combine the characteristics of traditional woods and irons, making them easier to hit than the standard irons they are designed to replace, and from specialized wedges for sand play and for pitching the ball at varying degrees of loft, which complement the standard irons.

Golf in the United States

Although there is evidence that Americans played golf in the 17th cent., the first permanent clubs in the United States were not organized until the late 1880s. A dispute between the sponsors of two "national" championships led American golfers to found (1894) the United States Golf Association (USGA) as a governing body for the sport. The USGA also conducted annual tournaments, including the National Amateur and the National, or U.S., Open (which includes both amateur and professional players). The first of these championships took place in 1895. In 1916 the United States Professional Golf Association (PGA) was founded and the annual PGA championship inaugurated. During the first several decades in which these major tournaments were held, golf had little broad appeal.

Though the game boomed among business executives in the 1920s, amateurs were usually members of exclusive clubs, and professionals were usually teachers of the game. The only golfer to ever win a grand slam (the four major championships—then the British Amateur and Open and the U.S. Amateur and Open—in one year) was an amateur, Robert Tyre ("Bobby") JonesJones, Robert Tyre, Jr.
(Bobby Jones), 1902–71, American golfer, b. Atlanta, Ga. A lawyer, he became a golf devotee. Jones won the National Open (1923, 1926, 1929–30), the National Amateur (1924–25, 1927–28, 1930), and the British Open (1926–27,
..... Click the link for more information. , Jr., who retired shortly after his 1930 feat. During the Depression, many private courses opened to the public, and agencies of the New Deal built nearly 1,000 public courses.

Golf today is one of America's fastest growing participant sports, particularly among public course players. Many private clubs still exist in the 1990s, with some determining membership on racial or religious grounds. The growth of the game has been consistent since the advent of televised tournaments in the 1960s and the gradual strengthening of the professional circuit (which has lessened the distinction of playing as an amateur). Two of golf's greatest and most charismatic players, Arnold PalmerPalmer, Arnold,
1929–, American golfer, b. Latrobe, Pa. The son of a professional golfer, he won three regional titles in his youth. Turning professional after winning the 1954 U.S. amateur championship, he won the 1955 Canadian Open.
..... Click the link for more information. and Jack NicklausNicklaus, Jack William,
1940–, American golfer, b. Columbus, Ohio. He began playing golf at the age of 10 and before becoming a professional in late 1961 was considered by many the greatest amateur golfer since Bobby Jones.
..... Click the link for more information. , entered their prime in time to take advantage of both conditions.

The world's best players now vie in 72-hole tournaments for prize money that can exceed $1.8 million for a victory at one of the four major championships (now the U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship, and the Masters); some other events exceed that amount. Every two years in the Ryder Cup competition, a team of American professionals plays against Europe's best players. Women (under the aegis of the Ladies' Professional Golf Association, founded 1946) and seniors have their own professional tours. The women also contested their own U.S.-Europe team event, the Solheim Cup, for the first time in 1990. Golf was part of the 1900 and 1904 Olympics but was not subsequently included until 2016.

Bibliography

See M. Bartlett, ed., The Golf Book (1980); R. Sommers, The U.S. Open (1987); G. Wiren, The PGA Manual of Golf (1991); T. Watson, The Rules of Golf (1992); J. Feinstein, The Majors (1999).

Golf

a sport played with a ball and clubs.

The playing field for golf is a piece of land in moderately rugged natural country between 50,000 and 200,000 sq m in area (a field, a park, the edge of a forest) in which there are nine or 18 marked fairways, left in a natural state; each fairway is from 150 to 470 m long and 30 to 40 m wide. At the beginning of the first fairway is a groomed area of about 4 sq m, and at the end of every fairway is a groomed area of about 20 sq m with a small hole in the center (11 cm deep and 10 cm in diameter). The ball is made of vulcanized rubber (42.5 g). The players have sets of clubs from 85 to 110 cm long, varying in the size, width, and form of the head (with which the ball is hit) and chosen in accordance with the terrain and the distance the ball must be hit.

The object of the game is to hit the ball along the fairways toward the holes and into each of them. The winning player or team is the one that does this with the fewest strokes. Golf is thought to have originated in Denmark in the Middle Ages. Golf was included in the program of the second (1900) and third (1904) Olympic games. It is played in the USA. Canada, Great Britain, and Australia; most participants are middle-aged or older. Golf is not played in the USSR.

V. A. PRAVDIN

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a. a game played on a large open course, the object of which is to hit a ball using clubs, with as few strokes as possible, into each of usually 18 holes b. (as modifier): a golf bag
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noun a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes

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