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Crumbled in golf on series of holes (6)

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I believe the answer is:

ground

'crumbled' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'golf on series of holes' is the wordplay.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'series of holes' becomes 'round' (a round of golf).
'g'+'round'='GROUND'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ground that I've seen before include "Powdered; land" , "Earth; stadium" , "crumbled" , "Oval, for example" , "Earth; crushed to powder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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