golf course

golf course
An area for the playing of the game of golf, consisting of either 9 or 18 holes, each of which is surrounded by a putting green of close cropped grass; fairways, such being open spaces between the greens, kept mowed fairly short; and spaces adjacent to the fairways known as "the rough" wherein the grass is usually long and the surface somewhat rough.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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