Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗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. · Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
To play the game of golf. · To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)
The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”), English kelp.
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