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Is .golf safe? The state of .golf domain security

.golf is about average for the internet. Across 16,278 graded .golf domains, 75.6% score an F — roughly in line with the 73.8% global average. 2% earn a B or better. Most .golf domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-07-29.

How do .golf domains score?

Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .golf domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-07-29.

GradeDomainsShare
A+10%
A250.2%
B3071.9%
C1,2637.8%
D2,37014.6%
F12,31275.6%

Does .golf make a domain secure?

No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .golf doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .golf domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.

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Frequently asked questions

Is .golf safe?

On average, .golf is about average for the internet: 75.6% of its 16,278 graded domains score an F as of 2026-07-29, against a 73.8% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.

How secure are .golf domains?

24.4% of .golf domains score above an F and 2% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.

Does choosing .golf make my domain secure?

No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .golf too.

What does "grade F" mean for a .golf domain?

It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.

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