It’s a pet peeve for many golfers. The noun golf is widely misused as a verb. That’s not to say there isn’t a proper use as golf as a verb, but that’s rarely the case. Professional writers make the mistake constantly and it irks me to no end.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to be a smart-aleck, but being critical of a person’s grammar on a message board is a pet peeve of mine. It is an informal setting.
Funny how different people have different pet peeves.