Is golf a verb?

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My wife often asks, “Are you golfing this weekend?” However, I’ve always thought that “golfing” isn’t a proper word and that the correct term should be “playing golf.” Am I mistaken? I can’t imagine someone like Tiger Woods saying, “I’m golfing in a tournament this week.” What’s the proper usage here? Is “golfing” an acceptable term?

Boris Hammes · Accepted Answer

I love to golf.
Yes golf can be a verb. Are you golfing this weekend?

Anonymous · Answer

Is Golfing A Word

Anonymous · Answer

No it is not a verb It is a nounYou don&rsquo;t say I&rsquo;m tennisingor socceringor basketballingThe game is called golf (noun)I am going to play (verb)  golf (noun)Mind you what really matters is that she lets you LOL

Anonymous · Answer

Dictionaries especially internet ones change as people misuse words so much that they abridge them to align with current slang terms and overused improper grammar. For example in some dictionaries you can find aint or nite for night. Originally golf was only a noun but too many people have said it wrong for so many years that it is accepted as a verb in some circles but to me it sounds very uneducated to use it that way. Pejon60 said it best. No one would ever ask you if you tennis. They would ask if you golf. It just sounds hick to me.

Johanna Ortiz · Answer

It’s both.
golf    (gŏlf, gôlf) 
n.   A game played on a large outdoor course with a series of 9 or 18 holes spaced far apart, the object being to propel a small, hard ball with the use of various clubs into each hole with as few strokes as possible.
intr.v.   golfed, golf·ing, golfs
To play this game.

Anonymous · Answer

well i’ve heard of people saying ‘golfing’ which would be a verb. but when someone says ‘playing golf’ golf is a noun..

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Is golf a verb?
My wife always asks "Are you golfing this weekend?" I don't think "golfing" is a word. The correct term is "playing golf". Or am I wrong? I can't imagine Tiger Woods saying "I'm golfing in a tournament this week".

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, it is… You can use it in a sentence as golfing or to play golf as a noun, as well..

Madyson Ferry IV · Answer

“Golf” can be either a noun or a verb, but it is ALWAYS a four-letter word.

Anonymous · Answer

It can be either – and don’t argue with her.  She is asking as opposed to saying “you can’t play golf this weekend because I want you to…………… instead”.  Just say “Yes I am dear”, and head for the course.

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