golf club

noun

any of various long-handled clubs with wooden or metal heads, for hitting the ball in golf. Compare iron ( def 5 ), wood ¹( def 8 ).
an organization of golf players or the facilities and grounds used by such an organization.

golf club

any of various long-shafted clubs with wood or metal heads used to strike a golf ball
1. an association of golf players, usually having its own course and facilities
2. the premises of such an association

First recorded in 1500–10

She takes a golf club, the country club equivalent of a Louisville slugger, and attacks his car.

The challenge was set by HSBC, sponsors of the Open Championship, and filmed at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in Dublin.

Most banks, real estate, insurance, and even golf club contracts have an organized crime exclusionary clause built into them.

In reality, this council displays all the diversity of the Augusta National Golf Club.

On October 21, 1967, another footnoted Gettysburg date, Eisenhower was on vacation at Augusta National Golf Club.

I scanned my pad thoughtfully, and finally decided not to join the golf club till the following year.

Join the golf club, for one thing, and learn to listen intelligently, at the cost of a few miserable afternoons.

Run along over to the golf club, and by and by—if you are a good boy—you can take me out in your new car.

Colonel Jimmy Norman is one of the charter members of our golf club.

Some of the younger set were actually after him to join the golf club.

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