While "golf" shows up in the dictionary as a noun (a game) and as a noun (a word used in communications to represent the letter "G"), and as a verb (to play golf), I try to work around using "golf" as a verb. Conjugate it: I golf; you golf; he, she, or it golfs; we golf; you golf; they golf! It's always funny to see a definition that says a word is a verb and used the noun in the verb definition. So, I wish the survey asked, "Are you planning to play golf on Thanksgiving (Day)?" If golf is a verb, why not basketball, football, soccer, tennis and a myriad of other sports, and for that matter, why not "sports" as a verb? I sports; your sports; he, she, or it sports! My uncle who was a club professional always kept his courses open on Thanksgiving to give the men a place to gather than in the kitchen helping to prepare the Thanksgiving Day meal! Happy playing golf on Thanksgiving Day!
While we do know that the word "golf" is traditionally not considered a verb, it has been used as a verb dating back hundreds of years — "as far back as Nov. 29, 1769, the Town Council of St. Andrews, Scotland, agreed 'that the part of the Links as presently' golfed upon shall be kept entire, and not ploughed up nor enclosed by the Town of St. Andrews or their tenants."
While "golf" shows up in the dictionary as a noun (a game) and as a noun (a word used in communications to represent the letter "G"), and as a verb (to play golf), I try to work around using "golf" as a verb. Conjugate it: I golf; you golf; he, she, or it golfs; we golf; you golf; they golf! It's always funny to see a definition that says a word is a verb and used the noun in the verb definition. So, I wish the survey asked, "Are you planning to play golf on Thanksgiving (Day)?" If golf is a verb, why not basketball, football, soccer, tennis and a myriad of other sports, and for that matter, why not "sports" as a verb? I sports; your sports; he, she, or it sports! My uncle who was a club professional always kept his courses open on Thanksgiving to give the men a place to gather than in the kitchen helping to prepare the Thanksgiving Day meal! Happy playing golf on Thanksgiving Day!
While "golf" shows up in the dictionary as a noun (a game) and as a noun (a word used in communications to represent the letter "G"), and as a verb (to play golf), I try to work around using "golf" as a verb. Conjugate it: I golf; you golf; he, she, or it golfs; we golf; you golf; they golf! It's always funny to see a definition that says a word is a verb and used the noun in the verb definition. So, I wish the survey asked, "Are you planning to play golf on Thanksgiving (Day)?" If golf is a verb, why not basketball, football, soccer, tennis and a myriad of other sports, and for that matter, why not "sports" as a verb? I sports; your sports; he, she, or it sports! My uncle who was a club professional always kept his courses open on Thanksgiving to give the men a place to gather than in the kitchen helping to prepare the Thanksgiving Day meal! Happy playing golf on Thanksgiving Day!
While we do know that the word "golf" is traditionally not considered a verb, it has been used as a verb dating back hundreds of years — "as far back as Nov. 29, 1769, the Town Council of St. Andrews, Scotland, agreed 'that the part of the Links as presently' golfed upon shall be kept entire, and not ploughed up nor enclosed by the Town of St. Andrews or their tenants."
While "golf" shows up in the dictionary as a noun (a game) and as a noun (a word used in communications to represent the letter "G"), and as a verb (to play golf), I try to work around using "golf" as a verb. Conjugate it: I golf; you golf; he, she, or it golfs; we golf; you golf; they golf! It's always funny to see a definition that says a word is a verb and used the noun in the verb definition. So, I wish the survey asked, "Are you planning to play golf on Thanksgiving (Day)?" If golf is a verb, why not basketball, football, soccer, tennis and a myriad of other sports, and for that matter, why not "sports" as a verb? I sports; your sports; he, she, or it sports! My uncle who was a club professional always kept his courses open on Thanksgiving to give the men a place to gather than in the kitchen helping to prepare the Thanksgiving Day meal! Happy playing golf on Thanksgiving Day!