Origin: 1400-1500 Perhaps from Middle Dutch colf stick for hitting a ball
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►plays golf
He plays golf on Sundays.
►round of golf
a round of golf (=a complete game of golf)
a game in which the players hit a small white ball into holes in the ground with a set of golf clubs: He plays golf on Sundays. a round of golf (=a complete game of golf)—golfer noun [countable]