{
    "term": "golf",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/sp/sports_misc.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a game played over a large area of ground using sticks with a special shape to hit a small hard ball (a golf ball) into a series of 9 or 18 holes, using as few shots as possible",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I **play golf** every weekend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He enjoyed a **round of golf** on a Sunday morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Choose from over 100 golf packages in our brochure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His coach says his golf swing needs improving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a golf handicap of 18."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is one of the most famous golf tournaments in the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The club is holding a golf clinic next week, where golfers can get advice from the pros."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The eighth at Banff is one of the world's great golf holes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amateur", "championship", "pro"],
                "… of golf": ["game", "round"],
                "verb + golf": ["play", "take up", "watch"],
                "golf + noun": ["course", "links", "hole"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡɒlf/",
                "audio": "go/golf/golf__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡɑːlf/",
                "audio": "go/golf/golf__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (originally Scots): perhaps related to Dutch kolf ‘club, bat’, used as a term in several Dutch games; golf, however, is recorded before these games."
}