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.

Description of 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

See also

• Outline of sports

References

External links

• The R&A, St Andrews
• USGA: United States Golf Association
• International Golf Federation (IGF)