What does the word golf mean?

Question

What does the word golf mean?

Answer 1

Are you stoned?

Answer 2

The On-line Etymological Dictionary proffers this explanation:-

"1457, Scot. 'gouf', usually taken as an alteration of Mediaval .Dutch. 'colf', 'colve' "stick, club, bat," from P.Gmc. *kulth- (cf. O.N. kolfr "clapper of a bell," Ger. Kolben "mace, club"). The game is from 14c., the word is first mentioned (along with fut-bol) in a 1457 Scot. statute on forbidden games. "

So there it is, a club, stick or bat from Scots derived from Dutch.

Sir John Betjeman the Poet Laureate from 1972 was noted for using the older pronunciation 'goff', until his death in 1984.

Answer 3

i always thought it meant a car

Answer 4

Its a large mammal, lives on grassy plains, the male of the species has round white testicles { Golf Balls }

Answer 5

A certain argument with the wife... just try mention you're thinking of playing...

Answer 6

a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.

Answer 7

According to wikipedia :

The word golf was first mentioned in writing in 1457 on a Scottish statute on forbidden games as gouf, possibly derived from the Scots word goulf (variously spelled) meaning "to strike or cuff". This word may, in turn, be derived from the Dutch word kolf, meaning "bat," or "club," and the Dutch sport of the same name. It is often claimed that the word originated as an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden", but this is an urban legend.

Answer 8

Gentlemen only ladies forbidden

Answer 9

Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

is what the achronym  Golf stands for

Answer 10

I suspect it is something to do with a scottish name for some sort of stick with which they first started hitting some sort of round object centuries ago.

Answer 11

Well depends who you are asking.  To a bobby on the street is a game played in funny trousers.

But yeah, the world golf is commonly thought to mean Gents only, ladies forbidden...

Answer 12

Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden - it's an acronym.

Answer 13

Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden,

Thanks for the points!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 14

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