Golf
Golf (golf) , noun
[Dutch kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to German kolben club, but end, Icelandic k{not transcribed}lfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Swedish kolf bolt, dart, but end, Danish kolv bolt, arrow. Compare Club, Globe.]
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. [Scottish] — Strutt
Golf , intransitive verb
To play at golf.
Last mystery of all, he learned to golf.