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by frostbite @, Hamilton MT, Tuesday, January 03, 2023, 06:55 (1407 days ago) @ Padrino

Bear with me while I digress and post a pet peeve. Golf is not a verb!! You don't golf, you play golf! There, I feel better now.


According to several dictionaries, golf is also a verb.

Cambridge Dictionary

Although the noun predates the usage as a verb, the word is reported to have been used as a verb since the 18th Century. However, you are on to something with the debate on whether golf is solely a noun or both a noun and a verb. Supposedly, serious golfers never use golf as a verb.

If serious golfers never use golf as a verb, they would need to refer to themselves as golf players, not golfers.


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