Outline of golf

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

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
 * List of Golf Channel personalities
 * List of Golf Channel on NBC commentators
 * Golf on TNT
 * PGA Tour on USA
 * 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