— golfer , n.
/golf, gawlf/ ; Brit. also /gof/ , n.
1. a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
2. a word used in communications to represent the letter G.
v.i.
3. to play golf.
[ 1425-75; late ME; of uncert. orig. ]