golfer
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- noun
- /ˈɡɔlfər/
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golfista
- During the 1920s, my mother had herself been a golfer, and she dearly loved the game.
- a golfer plays
- a professional golfer
- a novice golfer
All great golfers, all the really great golfers have highly evolved will.
- All great golfers, all the really great golfers have highly evolved will.
- Well, great, but you'll be the worst golfer in the world.
- Korean golfers are some of the best on earth, in fact.
- So that's one of my goals is to be an official scratch golfer.
- I'm not ready to become a full time golfer, but I don't quite know what that is.
- So they paid a lot of money to a bunch of high end golfers to leave the PGA Tour to start up this new tour.
- But he never had a really a formal education, but he was a hell of a golfer.
Examples
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After years of hard work, she became a professional golfer on the national circuit.
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Like even Tiger Woods, greatest golfer on earth and a coach.
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I want you to find me the best golfer we have.
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You should just be a golfer.
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We'll be right back with golfer Justin Thomas.
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And this guy who's not a very good golfer hit the only hole in one of his life.
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Well, Casey Martin is a very good golfer, able to compete at the highest levels of golf.
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In the meantime, white and black golfers played on the same courses without incident.
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But the big thing that all golfers want is they want to go play golf at Saint Andrews in Scotland.
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A couple of golfers were standing next to their cart and clapping their hands.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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A person who plays golf for fun or as a job
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Etymology
Golfer comes from the sport name golf, which probably comes from an old word for the wooden 'club' used to hit the ball, similar to Dutch kolf. The ending -er means 'a person who does something', just like teacher or worker, so a golfer is simply 'a person who plays golf'.