Outline of golf
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The MacDonald boys playing golf by 18th-century portrait painter Jeremiah Davison
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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Aerial view of a golf course
Golf can be described as all of the following:
- a form of entertainment or recreation
- a game
- a sport
- a
Variations of golf[]
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- 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[]
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The Repton Bridge on Stoke Park's Golf Course, opened in July 1909
- Timeline of golf
- Golf book
Golf course[]
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Fairway bunkers at the Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Township, Michigan
Golf course
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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After a bunker shot a player should rake the sand smooth again
Golf equipment[]
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Golf clubs in a golf bag
Golf equipment
- Golf clubs
- Golf ball
- Tee
- Golf bag
- Golf cart
Game play[]
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 competitions[]
- Grand Slam
- 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
- Rankings
Golf by country[]
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Pebble Beach Golf Links
- 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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The channel focuses on live coverage of tournaments, as well as factual and instructional programming
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ABC golf commentator Chris Schenkel in 1964
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Fox USGA commentator Greg Norman in 2013
- Broadcast television partners
- Cable television partners
- Golf on ESPN
- Fox Sports 1
- Golf Channel
- Golf on TNT
- PGA Tour on USA
- Golf Channel
- 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
- Golf publications
- Golf Digest
- Golf Magazine
- Golf World
- Golfweek
- Links
- Travel + Leisure Golf
- List of golf video games
Persons influential in golf[]
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Tiger Woods in 2007
- List of male golfers
- List of female golfers
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
- List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins
- List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins
- List of golfers with most Champions Tour major championship 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 LPGA major championship 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[]
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