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Acting foolishly on the golf course? (7,6)

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I believe the answer is:

playing around

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'course?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'acting foolishly on the golf' is the wordplay.
'acting' becomes 'playing' ('play' can be a synonym of 'act').
'foolishly on' becomes 'a' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the golf' becomes 'round' (round is a kind of golf).
'playing'+'a'+'round'='PLAYING AROUND'

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(Another definition for playing around that I've seen is " Seeing someone".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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