手上的那支桿子
這一支就是核心畫面本身：一個拿得起來、數得出支數的東西。
noun · A2
A long stick of wood or metal with a shaped head at the bottom, used to hit the ball in golf. Players carry a set of them, because each one sends the ball a different distance.
高爾夫球桿
核心畫面
Start with the thing in your hands: a long stick with a heavy shaped head, made to send a small ball a long way. You hold it, swing it, carry it in a bag with a dozen others. This is the picture most people see first when they hear the word, and it is the one the verbs around it usually point at.
先從手上那支東西開始想：一支長桿，底下有一個比較重的頭，專門把小白球打得很遠。你握著它、揮它，把它跟另外十幾支一起裝…更多收起
先從手上那支東西開始想：一支長桿，底下有一個比較重的頭，專門把小白球打得很遠。你握著它、揮它，把它跟另外十幾支一起裝進袋子裡。多數人聽到這個詞，先看到的就是這個畫面。句子裡的動詞通常也指向它。Two branches
一群人和他們的場地
這個意思不是從球桿的畫面長出來的。英文的 club 本來就同時有「棍棒」和「社團」兩種日常用法，golf 各配上一個，就得到這裡的兩個意思。這是對用法的觀察，本包資料沒有提供詞源，所以不主張它們歷史上的關係。
noun · B1
A group of people who join and pay in order to play golf together, and also the place they own and use — the course itself and the building where members eat, change and meet.
高爾夫球俱樂部