Gofu ndi masewera omwe amagwiritsa ntchito zibonga zosiyanasiyana za gofu (makalabu) kuti agunde mipira ya gofu m'mabowo. Gofu ndi masewera okhala ndi chithumwa chapadera, chomwe chimalola anthu kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi m'malo okongola achilengedwe, kukulitsa malingaliro awo, kukulitsa kudzilima kwawo, komanso luso lolankhulana. Amadziwika kuti ndi "masewera a mafashoni komanso okongola".

Gofu linayambira ku Scotland m'zaka za m'ma 1500, ndipo gofu yoyambirira inkaseweredwa kwambiri ndi akalonga ndi anthu olemekezeka. Chifukwa cha kutchuka ndi chitukuko cha zida za gofu, gofu inayamba kutchuka pakati pa anthu apakati. M'zaka za m'ma 1900, ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa malamulo ndi machitidwe a gofu, zochitika za gofu zapadziko lonse lapansi zinkachitika kwambiri. M'zaka za m'ma 1820, gofu inayambitsidwa ku Asia, ndipo gofu inayambitsidwa ku China mu 1896, zomwe zinadziwika ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Shanghai Golf Club ku China. Mu 2015, Volvo China Open ya 21st inatha ku Shanghai. Wu Ashun adapambana mpikisano. Iyi ndi nthawi yoyamba kuti wosewera waku China apambane mphoto ya European Tour Player of the Month.

Bungwe la United States Golf Association ndi Royal Ancient Golf Club ya St Andrews ku England amadziwika kuti ndi omwe ali ndi udindo womasulira ndikusintha malamulo a gofu. [3] Mipikisano yofunika kwambiri ya gofu padziko lonse lapansi ikuphatikizapo World Cup, US Open ndi zochitika zina.