About r/golf
Community guide
r/golf is #601 in our SFW Top 1000 (about 1.8 million subscribers). A recent sample averaged 82 posts a day (~48% text, ~25% image, ~15% gallery). Its public rules include: No Solicitation; No spamming; No Buying/Selling/Trading; Be polite; No Political Posts. It is listed under “Sports”.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own work.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rule list—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: General Discussion, Equipment, Joke / Meme, Beginner Questions.
The community was created on Mar 8, 2008, which makes it 18 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,455 subscribers (+0.08%). Among the 7 communities on our golf list it is the largest. It sits just behind r/whatsthisplant (#600) and ahead of r/indiasocial (#602) in our ranking.
What sets r/golf apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 44.9 new posts a day per million members, more than 83% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (18:00 UTC) sees about 8.4× as many posts as the quietest (05:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/golf grew from 1,803,599 to 1,815,965 subscribers (+12.4K, +0.69%). That is about 242 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/golf this week
The most upvoted posts of the past seven days, in the order Reddit ranks them (collected Nov 9, 2026).
- Finally did it. 1 ball. 18 holes.u/ColdBrewsOnly · Nov 2 · image
- 15,000 Steps on a Cart Path Only Day makes 50 Pounds Down Even Sweeter!u/Euphoric_Benefit_644 · Nov 7 · image
- Found the golf section in men’s clothingu/VoteForGiantMeteor · Nov 9 · image
- Different grip on every club, yay or nay.u/G_Sputnic · Nov 6 · image
- LIV Golf – What’s Your Take? Has It Actually Damaged the Sport of Golf?u/Running_Trade · Nov 7 · image
- Rory McIlroy discusses LIV Golf’s impact on the men’s professional game. "They took players, they took sponsors, they turned professional golf into an arms race. They were going around Augusta this y…u/Oldtimer_2 · Nov 4 · video
- Nothing quite like fall golf.u/JordanHerald5 · Nov 3 · gallery
- DP World Tour: Casey Jarvis cannot believe Australian professional long drive golfer and world record holder, Sebastian Twaddell's swing. 222 mph ball speedu/Oldtimer_2 · Nov 4 · video
- World Wide Technology Championship: Over three years ago, Blades Brown’s dad was diagnosed with leukemia and only given a year to live. After defying doctors' expectations, he got to see his son earn…u/Oldtimer_2 · Nov 9 · video
- LIV is deadu/MegaGorilla69 · Nov 5 · image
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/golf, from 2018 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Found it!u/Fluid-Strawberry-470 · Mar 8, 2025 · image
- Got up early to bring my son to his tee time. This guy did too.u/RamblerAlert · Nov 12, 2022 · 52,538 points · 1,364 comments · image
- Tiger Woods has won the 2019 Mastersu/GolfTournamentMod · Apr 14, 2019 · 51,373 points · 4,225 comments · text post
- Your 2025 Masters Championu/almonakinvader · Apr 13, 2025 · image
- Adam Sandler does the classic "Happy Gilmore" swing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the movie!u/Too_Hood_95 · Feb 16, 2021 · video
- I painted the hockey player versus golferu/travischapmanart · Jul 9, 2025 · image
- Tiger Woods has won the 2018 Tour Championship.Sep 23, 2018 · 35,093 points · 1,412 comments · text post
- 4 Year old Hits First Hole-In-Oneu/haydenantal · Sep 21, 2025 · video
- No phone, just a man enjoying Tiger and a beeru/ag____ · May 21, 2022 · 31,254 points · 1,002 comments · image
- Charlie Woods hits a hole-in-one!u/HeftyVeterinarian277 · Dec 22, 2024 · video
What r/golf talks about
We read the titles of 555 recent posts (Oct 31–Nov 7), the words that come up most are “club”, “course”, “swing”, “liv” and “help”. Other frequent themes are play, tour, good, round, bag and hole. Recurring phrases include “rory mcilroy”, “world tour”, “adidas s2g” and “abu dhabi”. By format, 50% are text posts, 24% are images and 13% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: General Discussion (305), Equipment (90), Joke / Meme (36), Beginner Questions (30), Serious (24), Swing Help (21).
Activity and best time to post
r/golf gets about 82 new posts a day. The public archive holds 809,303 posts and 16,772,930 comments in total, about 20.7 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (87 posts) and the quietest was Friday (71). Posting peaks around 18:00 UTC and is lowest around 05:00 UTC.
Rules of r/golf
The moderators of r/golf list 8 rules. In short:
- No Solicitation
- No spamming
- No Buying/Selling/Trading
- Be polite
- No Political Posts
- NO NSFW Content
- No Rolling Shutter Effect Posts or Bad Photoshop Golf Net/Mat Ads
- No AI generated posts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/golf and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/golf have?
r/golf has 1,815,965 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #601 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 12,366 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/golf?
r/golf was created on Mar 8, 2008, so it has been around for 18 years.
How active is r/golf?
Very active: r/golf gets about 82 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 809,303 posts and 16,772,930 comments. In a sample of 555 recent posts we counted 486 different authors.
When is r/golf most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 31, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Friday, and most posts arrive around 18:00 UTC, with the fewest around 05:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/golf about?
The community describes itself as: “Golf ” Recent post titles often mention club, course, swing, liv and help. Most posts are text posts (50%).
Is r/golf safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/golf as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/golf?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/golf accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “No Solicitation”; “No spamming”; “No Buying/Selling/Trading”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 9, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/golf.