Joue au golf vs. joue du golf?

D. T.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Joue au golf vs. joue du golf?

I see no information on why my answer joue du golf is wrong. Why?

This question relates to:French lesson "Faire de/jouer à : talking about sports, hobbies and leisure activities in French"

Asked 4 years ago

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

There are two lessons on this:

https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/jouer-de-to-play-an-instrument

https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/faire-de-jouer-a-how-to-talk-about-leisure-activities

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Bill F.C1Kwiziq community member

i think what is missing is the rule that sports played with a ball use jouer a, a la, au, aux. Sports without a ball use faire de , de la, du, des. And musical instruments use jouer de.

Here is one of several other resources I found explaining this

https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/MoniqueMoore7/faire-vs-jouer

Like34 years ago

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Joue au golf vs. joue du golf?

I see no information on why my answer joue du golf is wrong. Why?

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