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Edition 2026Active Merit Badge
Golf
Official Requirements & Fillable Workbook · 2026 Edition
Golf teaches the rules, etiquette, mechanics, conditioning, and sportsmanship of both traditional golf and disc golf. You will master golf course safety and first aid, then select either Option A (Traditional Golf: USGA Rules of Golf, World Handicap System, golf history, swing fundamentals, driving, fairway, iron, bunker, and putting shots, playing 18 holes, and golf careers) or Option B (Disc Golf: PDGA Official Rules, scoring, disc design history, X-step runup, backhand/forehand/overhand/roller throws, putting stances, playing 18 holes, and careers).
Key Requirements Covered:
- Golf Etiquette, Rules & Course Safety
- Club Anatomy & Proper Grip Mechanics
- Short Game: Putting, Chipping & Sand Play
- Full Swing Mechanics & Regulation Rounds
5Printable Pages
2Requirements
2024Reqs Revised
What is on the worksheet: Golf Requirements
Every requirement for the Golf merit badge, word for word as published, with room to write under each one on the printed worksheet.
1Course Safety and First Aid
Discuss safety on the golf course. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while golfing, including lightning, heat reactions, sunburn, dehydration, blisters, animal or bug bites, poison ivy exposure, sprains, and strains.
2Golf Options
Complete ONE of the following options:
- Option A Traditional Golf. Do ALL of the following:
- Option B Disc Golf. Do ALL of the following:
Two dates, two different things
Requirements Revision vs. Worksheet Date
Scouting America last revised the Golf requirements in 2024. That is the badge, not this sheet — an older year does not mean the worksheet is out of date.
Verbatim Fidelity & Verification
This worksheet was checked against https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/golf/ in Aug 2026 and reproduces the requirements word for word. Both dates are printed on the sheet, so a copy in a binder can always be placed in time.
Requirement text is © Scouting America, reproduced verbatim. The worksheet layout and design are original to this project.
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