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Is .golf safe? The state of .golf domain security
.golf is about average for the internet. Across 18,122 graded .golf domains, 80.5% score an F — roughly in line with the 78.3% global average. 1.8% 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 2026-08-16.
Of 16,278 graded .golf domains, 75.6% earn an F — above the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 19.6% — above the 11.8% census-wide rate.
How do .golf domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .golf domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 2 | 0% |
| A | 24 | 0.1% |
| B | 302 | 1.7% |
| C | 1,127 | 6.2% |
| D | 2,079 | 11.5% |
| F | 14,588 | 80.5% |
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: 80.5% of its 18,122 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% 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?
19.5% of .golf domains score above an F and 1.8% 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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