# 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

## 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