Third-person singular simple present indicative form of golf

simple past tense and past participle of golf

(programming) Having had its source code made as short as possible, as in code golf.

A session of playing golf.

present participle of golf

(sports) 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.

(intransitive) To play the game of golf. / (computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)

plural of golfing

plural of golf course

A form of golf in which the ball is putted from positions around the circumference of a circle centred on the hole, these corresponding to the positions of the numbers on a clock face.