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It can be. In the purest form of the game it is a single player sport. But there are also high level professional team competitions such as the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup, aswell as Amateur ones such as The Walker Cup and Curtis Cup. Golf clubs may have teams which are entered into local or nationwide tournaments. You can also have team competitions such as two ball better ball and scrambles, as well as foursomes and greensomes.
No, that is incorrect. It is said to have come from the Medieval Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve", which meant "club".
Edit: the word golf first appeared in english as gouf in Scotland in 1457, the word golf comes from that. but, as the other person said, that most likely came from kolf or kolve.
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What do the individual letters of the word 'GOLF' stand for?
Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden
Why is golf called golf?
It is derived from a dutch word meaning club. It definitely does not stand for gentlemen only ladies forbidden!
What is acronym for golf?
Golf is an acronym. It stand for Gentlemen Only "Ladies" Forbidden. Golf can also be used for another acronym of your choosing.
What is golf an acranim for?
Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden
Where did the term golf originate?
gentlemen only ladies forbidden
The full word of golf?
Do you mean: Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden?
What is the game or sport of golf known as?
Gentlemen only ladies forbidden.
What is an old Scottish game still played todayWith rules Gentlemen only Ladies forbidden?
Golf
What does AS stand for in golf?
It stands for All Square, usually in match play events, where you are facing an opponent one v. one or team v. team, and are tied.
The rule Gentlemen Only.....Ladies Forbidden is entitled to what Scottish game?
It sounds like an early twentieth century rule applying to Golf courses.
Where does the name golf come from?
"Golf" might be an alteration of the Dutch word "kolf". "Kolf means "stick", "club", or "bat." There was a Dutch game related to golf called "Kolven." For more, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_golf#Origins and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolven.
What sports were there in 1700-1850?
cricket,golf. golf was also known as: Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidin
