The word 'golf' is correct and commonly used in written English
It is typically used to refer to a popular sport in which players use clubs to hit a small ball into a series of holes on a course, using the fewest number of strokes. Example: "I played a round of golf with my friends this weekend and managed to score a hole-in-one on the third hole."
On 12 February, a Rio de Janeiro state prosecutor opened an inquiry into alleged misconduct by the mayor's office, following a report by the group, called Golfe Para Quem? ("Golf for whom?"), which claimed that developers stood to make an R$1bn in property sales after the Games.
More recently, it chose to ride out the Tiger Woods adultery storm, sticking with the golf star when other sponsors dropped him.
There are mules and camels to ride and mountain bikes to rent, but I couldn't resist trying the nine-hole "cross country" golf course, which runs along a nearby rocky riverbed and is more akin to crazy golf.
Two anomalies have long existed in the upper echelons of golf.
Posing for media opportunities next to country club golf courses while accepting last-minute endorsements from Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, he embodies a concerted attempt by older, wealthier Republican leaders to wrest back power from the grassroots activists who have caused so much havoc in Congress.
Last month, amidst a severe lightning storm during the Honda Classic golf tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a dozen caddies huddled at the back of an exposed, three-sided metal tent, trying not to get wet and hoping they hadn't just made the stupidest decision of their lives.
It began in the US two months ago, although whether it was on a golf course or a baseball field depends on which version you prefer, and first appeared on mainstream American television on 15 July.
"They have unparalleled experience in golf and have demonstrated a genuine desire to showcase and promote The Open and The R&A's elite championships through their extensive range of channels and digital platforms".
5 Scoop six mounds of dough, the size of generous golf balls, on to the baking sheet, making sure to turn horizontally any chocolate pieces that are poking up: it will make for a more attractive cookie.
While their growing eminence may or may not presage a new era of European dominance, their swelling popularity reveals the power of their thumb-twitching pastime — and how eager golf fans are for vivid personalities.
Justin Rose, another Englishman ranked in the top 25 worldwide, said it was an outgrowth of the structure of the European golf tour.
