Spectre of golf oppresses compere (5)
I believe the answer is:
ghost
'spectre' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'golf oppresses compere' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'golf' could be 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'g' is located in the answer.
'compere' could be 'host' (I've seen this before) and 'host' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ghost that I've seen before include "Spirit, spectre" , "Lay down life for another in this" , "someone without much presence" , "who has a haunting act?" , "author for someone" .)