Golf wasa ne da ke amfani da ƙungiyoyin golf daban-daban (kulob) don buga ƙwallon golf cikin ramuka. Golf wasa ne mai ban sha'awa na musamman, wanda ke ba mutane damar yin motsa jiki a cikin kyakkyawan yanayi na halitta, haɓaka motsin zuciyarsu, haɓaka noma da kansu, da kuma iya sadarwa. An san shi da "wasan kwaikwayo da kyau".

Golf ya samo asali ne daga Scotland a ƙarni na 15, kuma manyan sarakuna da sarakuna ne suka fi yin wasan golf a farkon lokacin. Tare da shahara da haɓaka kayan wasan golf, golf ya fara shahara a tsakanin matsakaicin aji. A ƙarni na 20, tare da kafa ƙa'idodi da tsarin golf, an gudanar da wasannin golf na duniya sosai. A cikin shekarun 1820, an gabatar da golf ga Asiya, kuma an gabatar da golf ga China a 1896, wanda aka yi alama da kafa Shanghai Golf Club a China. A shekarar 2015, gasar Volvo China Open ta 21 ta ƙare a Shanghai. Wu Ashun ta lashe gasar. Wannan shine karo na farko da wani ɗan wasan ƙasar Sin ya lashe kyautar ɗan wasan yawon shakatawa na Turai na wata.

An amince da Ƙungiyar Golf ta Amurka da Ƙungiyar Golf ta Royal Ancient ta St Andrews a Ingila a matsayin masu ikon fassara da sake duba dokokin golf. [3] Manyan gasannin golf a duniya sun haɗa da Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, Gasar US Open da sauran gasannin.