Definitions for golfgɒlf, gɔlf; Brit. also gɒf

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

golfgɒlf, gɔlf; Brit. also gɒf(n.)

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.
Category: Sport
(v.i.)to play golf.

Origin of golf:

1425–75

golf′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

golf, golf game(verb)
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 holes
golf(verb)
play golf

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

golf(noun)ɒlf, gɔlf; Brit. also gɒf
the sport of hitting a small ball toward and into a hole
Do you play golf?

Wiktionary

golf(Noun)
A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
golf(Noun)
The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
golf(Verb)
To play golf.

Origin: The word is first known in English from the 15th century from . Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the colve or colf.

Webster Dictionary

Golf(noun)
a game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Golf
a game played with a bent club and a small ball on commons with short grass, in which the player who drives the ball into a succession of small holes in the ground, usually 18, with the fewest strokes, or who reckons up the most holes in the round by taking them with the fewest strokes, is the winner; an old popular Scotch game, and first introduced into English on Blackheath by James I., which has of late years been revived, and in connection with which clubs have established themselves far and wide over the globe, even at Bagdad.