The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to golf:

Golf – precision club and ball sport, in which competing players (or golfers) use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest strokes.

What type of thing is golf?

Golf can be described as all of the following:

• a form of entertainment or recreation
  • a game
    • a ball game
  • a sport
    • a precision sport

Variations of golf

• Scoring
  • Stroke play
  • Match play
  • Stableford
  • Skins game
• Formats
  • Four-ball (better-ball)
  • Foursome (alternate shot)
• Variations
  • Long drive
  • Speed golf
  • Pitch and putt
  • Miniature golf
  • Clock golf
  • Indoor golf
  • Beach golf
  • Snow golf
  • Disc golf
  • Footgolf
  • Sholf
  • Dart golf

History of golf

History of golf

• Timeline of golf
  • Timeline of golf history (1353–1850)
  • Timeline of golf history (1851–1945)
  • Timeline of golf history (1945–1999)
  • Timeline of golf (2000–present)
• Golf book

Golf course

Golf course

• Driving range
• Greenskeeper
• Hazards
• Links
• Teeing ground

Golf courses around the world

• List of golf courses in Canada
• List of golf courses in India
• List of golf courses in North Dakota
• List of golf courses in Portugal
• List of golf courses in the Philippines
• List of golf courses in the United Kingdom

Rules of golf

Rules of golf

• Penalty
• Scoring
• Golf etiquette

Golf equipment

Golf equipment

• Golf clubs
  • Wood
  • Putter
  • Iron
  • Wedge
    • Pitching wedge
    • Gap wedge
    • Sand wedge
    • Lob wedge
  • Hybrid
  • Obsolete golf clubs
• Golf ball
  • Golf ball retriever
• Golf bag
• Golf cart
• Golf trolley
• Tee

Game play

• Golf swing
• Drive

Golf culture

• Caddie
• Golf instruction
• Golf mirror
• List of golf video games

Golf organizations

• International Golf Federation
• The R&A
• United States Golf Association
• Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland)
• Professional Golfers' Association of America
• Golf Australia

Golf competitions

• Grand Slam
  • Men's major golf championships
  • Women's major golf championships
  • Senior major golf championships
• Professional tours
  • LPGA
  • PGA Tour
  • PGA European Tour
• Team competitions
  • Ryder Cup
  • Presidents Cup
  • Solheim Cup
  • International Crown
  • Seve Trophy
  • EurAsia Cup
  • Walker Cup
  • Eisenhower Trophy
  • Curtis Cup
  • Espirito Santo Trophy
• Multi-sport games
  • Golf at the Summer Olympics
  • Golf at the Asian Games
  • Golf at the Pacific Games
  • Golf at the Pan American Games
  • Golf at the Summer Universiade
  • Golf at the Youth Olympic Games
• Rankings
  • Official World Golf Ranking
  • Women's World Golf Rankings
  • World Amateur Golf Ranking

Golf by country

• Golf in Australia
• Golf in China
• Golf in India
• Golf in Ireland
• Golf in the Philippines
• Golf in Russia
• Golf in Scotland
• Golf in Thailand
• Golf in the United States

Media coverage of golf

Golf on US media

• Broadcast television partners
  • PGA Tour on ABC
  • PGA Tour on CBS
  • Golf on Fox
  • Golf Channel on NBC
• Cable television partners
  • Golf on ESPN
  • Fox Sports 1
  • Golf Channel
  • Golf on TNT
  • PGA Tour on USA
  • Golf Channel
    • The Big Break
    • Feherty
    • Fore Inventors Only
    • Golf Central
    • Highway 18
    • Live From...
    • Shell's Wonderful World of Golf
• Radio partners
  • ESPN Radio
  • SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio
• Personalities by network
  • List of ESPN/ABC golf commentators
  • List of PGA Tour on CBS commentators
  • Fox USGA#Commentators
  • List of Golf Channel personalities
  • List of Golf Channel on NBC commentators
  • Golf on TNT#Commentators
  • PGA Tour on USA#Commentators
• Other programs
  • Dan Doh!!
  • Défi mini-putt
  • The Golf Show
  • Monday Night Golf
  • The Scottish Golf Show
  • Wandering Golfer
• Golf publications
  • Golf Digest
  • Golf Magazine
  • Golf World
  • Golfweek
  • Links
  • Travel + Leisure Golf
  • List of golf video games

Persons influential in golf

• List of male golfers
• List of female golfers
• List of men's major championships winning golfers
• List of LPGA major championship winning golfers
• List of Champions Tour major championship winning golfers
• List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins
• List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins
• List of golfers with most European Tour wins
• List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins
• List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
• List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins
• List of golfers with most PGA Tour Champions wins
• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• List of golfers with most Korn Ferry Tour wins
• List of golfers with most wins in one PGA Tour event
• List of golf course architects
• List of Olympic medalists in golf

Terminology

• Glossary of golf