Gofu ndi masewera omwe amagwiritsa ntchito makalabu osiyanasiyana a gofu (makalabu) kumenya mipira ya gofu m'mabowo.Gofu ndi masewera omwe ali ndi chithumwa chapadera, chomwe chimalola anthu kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi m'malo okongola achilengedwe, kukulitsa malingaliro awo, kukulitsa luso lawo lodzikulitsa, komanso luso lolankhulana.Amadziwika kuti "masewera apamwamba komanso okongola".

Gofu idachokera ku Scotland m'zaka za zana la 15, ndipo gofu koyambirira idaseweredwa kwambiri ndi akalonga ndi olemekezeka.Chifukwa cha kutchuka komanso chitukuko cha zida za gofu, gofu idayamba kutchuka pakati pa anthu apakatikati.M'zaka za zana la 20, ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa malamulo ndi machitidwe a gofu, zochitika za gofu zapadziko lonse lapansi zidachitika mofala.M'zaka za m'ma 1820, gofu idayambitsidwa ku Asia, ndipo gofu idayambitsidwa ku China mu 1896, yomwe idadziwika ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Shanghai Golf Club ku China.Mu 2015, Volvo China Open ya 21 idathera ku Shanghai.Wu Ashun adapambana mpikisano.Aka ndi koyamba kuti wosewera waku China waku China alandire mphotho ya European Tour Player of the Month.

United States Golf Association ndi Royal Ancient Golf Club ya St Andrews ku England amadziwika kuti ndi omwe amatanthauzira ndikuwunikanso malamulo a gofu.[3] Mipikisano yofunika kwambiri ya gofu padziko lonse lapansi ikuphatikiza World Cup, US Open ndi zochitika zina.