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c.1300, from O.Fr. golfe "a gulf, whirlpool," from It. golfo "a gulf, a bay," from L.L. colfos, from Gk. kolpos "bay, gulf," earlier "trough between waves, fold of a garment," originally "bosom," the common notion being "curved shape," from PIE *qwelp- "to vault" (cf. O.E. hwealf, a-hwielfan "to overwhelm").

Gulf as a bay, and gulf as a hollow

Also Golf as in the game of golf could be considered a similar sounding homonym. but I would say it is too different unless you are from a Yankee state, and do not enunciate the soft o and soft u sound as two separate and distinctly different sounds.

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