golf club

noun

1. 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 ).
2. an organization of golf players or the facilities and grounds used by such an organization.

golf club

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of golf club¹

First recorded in 1500–10

Example Sentences

AmazonThis 16-piece golf club set is a versatile collection that’s great for tackling any golf course.

From Popular-Science

The university also agreed to pay English $30,000 for moving expenses, $4,500 per month for six months in a housing stipend and provide a private club or golf club membership.

From Washington Post

You can use motion controls by using a Joy-Con like a golf club, too, but there are plenty of other wrinkles.

From Washington Post

These same non-listeners, by contrast, will happily monologue for several minutes about their recent knee surgery, their new golf clubs or the staggering talent their daughter has for riding horses.

From Washington Post

Even great golf clubs can’t survive if they don’t have a satisfying sound at impact.

From Popular-Science

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg