Golf ni umukino ukoresha amakipe atandukanye ya golf (amatsinda) kugira ngo utere imipira ya golf mu byobo. Golf ni umukino ufite igikundiro cyihariye, utuma abantu bashobora gukora imyitozo ngororamubiri ahantu heza ho mu bidukikije, bagatera imbere mu byiyumvo byabo, bagatera imbere mu kwihingira no mu kuvugana. Uzwi nka "siporo igezweho kandi nziza".

Golf yatangiriye muri Ecosse mu kinyejana cya 15, kandi umukino wa golf wo mu ntangiriro wakinwaga cyane cyane n'ibikomangoma n'abanyacyubahiro. Kubera gukundwa no guteza imbere ibikoresho bya golf, golf yatangiye gukundwa n'abantu bo mu rwego rwo hagati. Mu kinyejana cya 20, hamwe n'amategeko na sisitemu bya golf, imikino mpuzamahanga ya golf yakozwe cyane. Mu myaka ya 1820, golf yazanywe muri Aziya, naho golf ijyanwa mu Bushinwa mu 1896, byaranzwe no gushinga Shanghai Golf Club mu Bushinwa. Mu 2015, Volvo China Open ya 21 yasojwe i Shanghai. Wu Ashun yegukanye shampiyona. Ni ubwa mbere umukinnyi w'Umushinwa wo ku mugabane w'Uburayi yegukanye igihembo cy'umukinnyi w'ukwezi wa Tour.

Ishyirahamwe rya Golf muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika na Royal Ancient Golf Club ya St Andrews mu Bwongereza byemewe nk'ikigo gishinzwe gusobanura no kuvugurura amategeko ya golf. [3] Amarushanwa y'ingenzi ya golf ku isi arimo Igikombe cy'Isi, Irushanwa rya US Open n'andi marushanwa.