Gŏlf, n.

n. [D. kolf, club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls, Sw. kolf, Dan. kolv, Icel. kólfr, L. Ger. kulf, O. H. Ger. colbo, N. H. Ger. kolbe, kolben, club, butt-end.] A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end, in which he who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. Strutt.