Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. (context golf English) The land where one plays golf, with tees, fairways, greens and flags in holes.
WordNet
n. course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf [syn: golf links, links]
Wikipedia
A golf course is the grounds where the game of golf is played. It comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick ("pin") and hole ("cup"). A standard round of golf consists of eighteen holes. Most courses contain eighteen holes; some share fairways or greens, and a subset has nine holes, played twice per round. Par-3 courses consist of nine or eighteen holes all of which have a par of three strokes.
Many older courses are links, often coastal. Courses are private, public, and municipally owned, and typically feature a pro shop. Many private courses are found at country clubs.
Usage examples of "golf course".
It was his second chance at designing a golf course and he didn't want to screw up again.
He was named the head of the greens committee and took on the lead role in rebuilding the golf course.
Near San Bernardino I glimpsed from the freeway a large, well-set-up municipal golf course.
They keep the course in great shape--it's lush and the greens are fast--but they've got a few peasants as members and there's nothing I hate so much as a refugee on a golf course.
One by one, as suddenly as lamps, these windows dim as the sunlight ebbs, drawing across the development and across the tan fenced land waiting for planting and a golf course that at the dis.
When they left the dining room, it was still only partially occupied, and there were plenty of empty tables with a view of the golf course.
Work is currently under way to build a world-class golf course, designed by Tom Fazio, along with fifteen residential supermansions.
I'd asked for the use of a tumbledown shed on the mountainous part of his estate and a pass to give me an occasional game on the local golf course (which he owned).
Was the answer true, or just the first golf course she had thought of?
Lockhart left the greenhouse and slipped across the road to the golf course, past the Rickenshaws at Number 1 and the Ogilvies at Number 3 to the Simplons' mock-Georgian mansion at Number 5.