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a player or a golfer?

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sounds like a trick question.
someone I know said that it is grammatically incorrect to call a person who plays golf a golfer, golf is a noun. the proper term is golfer, you don't say a tenniser, etc. also, she says you shouldn't say you are golfing today, you are playing golf. frankly, i never heard of this. You do say pianist, cellist, etc. so grammar hounds or people who are good at looking things up , shat is correct? have I been a player these last few years?
 

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Biker, skier, skater. All derived from words that can be both nouns and verbs.
How is golfer any different?
 

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I went to wikipedia and for golfer they had a long list, ie professional golfer, golfer statistics. i think she is off base.
 

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I just asked my aunt Shirley, who is the hairdresser of a local college English professor, your question. She said it's ok to use the term golfer to describe a person as a golfer.
 

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in europe they refer to those who play football (soccer) as footballers. it's perfectly fine and grammatically correct, and has been for many decades, to address those who play football and golf as footballers and golfers.
 

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As others have said, golf is both a noun and verb. She used a bad comparison since tennis is only a noun.

I golf, therefore I am a golfer. You cannot tennis, you must play tennis, therefore you are a tennis player. Besides, calling yourself a golf player just sounds wrong. Maybe she is confused because you can both golf and play golf.

I find it funny that someone would "correct" your grammar with a grammatically incorrect example!
 
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