Outline of golf
Overview of and topical guide to golf
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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?
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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
- a game
Variations of golf
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- Scoring
- Stroke play
- Match play
- Stableford
- Skins game
- Formats
- Four-ball (better-ball)
- Foursome (alternate shot)
- Variations
History of golf
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- 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
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- 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
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- Penalty
- Scoring
- Golf etiquette
Golf equipment
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- Golf clubs
- Wood
- Putter
- Iron
- Wedge
- Hybrid
- Obsolete golf clubs
- Golf ball
- Golf bag
- Golf cart
- Golf trolley
- Tee
Game play
- Golf swing
- Drive
Golf culture
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
- Professional tours
- Team competitions
- Multi-sport games
- Rankings
Golf by country
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- 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
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- Broadcast television partners
- Cable television partners
- Radio partners
- Personalities by network
- Other programs
- Golf publications
Persons influential in golf
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- 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
See also
References
External links
Golf at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- The R&A, St Andrews
- USGA: United States Golf Association
- International Golf Federation (IGF)
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- History
- Glossary
- Outline
- Rules
- etiquette
- stroke play
- match play
- four-ball
- foursomes
- scoring
- Stableford
- handicap
- penalties
- playoffs
- Golf course
- links
- teeing ground
- hazards
- Equipment
- Golf swing
- drive
- Instruction
- Country club
- Golf club
- Driving range
- Pro shop
organizations
- International Golf Federation
- The R&A
- United States Golf Association
- Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland)
- Professional Golfers' Association of America
- Professional golf tours
- American Society of Golf Course Architects
- World Golf Teachers Federation
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