The .golf Domain: An Address for Courses and Clubs
.golf was recorded in the root zone on 12 March 2015, and the IANA entry names Binky Moon, LLC as the contracting party. The zone was first delegated to Lone Falls, LLC and moved to its present holder in the 2018 bulk transfer. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 23,733 registrations, of which 18,513 appear in the zone file.
The ending reads in a single word for courses, clubs, tournaments, coaches and equipment retailers. Because the sport itself is tied to a place, roots built on a course or a region sit naturally here. Try candidates with a .golf domain search, and compare the neighbouring ending that opened on the same day on the .gold page.
.GOLF Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- Root zone record 12 March 2015
- Registered names 23,733 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 18,513 names, about 78%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .golf domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.golf Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
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Transfer
$64.99 /year -
Renewal
$69.99 /year -
Restore
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Late Renewal
$11.12
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Free DNS management
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Domain lock
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Domain forwarding
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.golf Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .golf domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .golf address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .golf domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $11.12 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .golf returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.golf Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.golf Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .golf domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.golf Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .golf Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Tee times, what the green fee covers and how to reach the course are the three essentials.
Players usually decide to visit once they can see an available slot, so keeping the booking calendar one click from the front page affects conversion directly. Setting out the rules and dress requirements on a separate page answers most of what visiting players would otherwise ask.
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Yes, provided you leave the year out; the same address then carries over each season.
Tournament addresses stay in circulation for a long time in printed material and sponsor correspondence. Registering a new one annually breaks those links and adds administration. Keeping the archive on sub-pages while the main address stays fixed is the more durable arrangement.
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Of 23,733 registrations, 18,513 appear in the zone file — about 78%.
More than three names in four have genuinely been pointed at a server. On the neighbouring ending that opened the same day the figure was 62%, and the gap suggests this zone is used more by working businesses. To test roots built on a course name, the bulk domain name search speeds things up.
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It does. A short address built on your own name makes a lesson enquiry portable in one line.
Reputation and continuity matter in coaching, and a fixed address outlives social accounts. Keeping a lesson calendar and a contact form on the same page is enough; no heavy platform is required. For a simple site, compare the options on the hosting page.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
At a course, schedule the move for winter, out of season: where the booking system depends on the address, even a short interruption turns into lost tee times. List which records your booking provider relies on before you begin, then start from the domain transfer page.
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