The current site
This version has no accounts, newsletter forms, advertising scripts or affiliate tracking. We do not ask you to submit personal information through the website.
Web analytics
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand page views, visits and website performance. Its small browser script sends measurements to Cloudflare, including the page path, referrer, browser, device type and performance timings. Cloudflare says this service does not use cookies or local storage to measure usage and does not collect or use visitors' personal data. We do not use it to track individual visitors across websites.
Cloudflare Web Analytics does not log URL query strings. A directory search in the URL can still appear in browser history and hosting request logs, as described below. See Cloudflare's Web Analytics documentation for more about the service.
We also use Google Analytics 4. Its Google tag uses analytics cookies and sends page views, browser and device information to Google. Our page-view events omit search queries, and we keep advertising storage and personalization disabled.
In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the Google tag loads only if you choose “Accept analytics” in the site notice; if you decline, it does not load. To decide whether to show that notice, your browser asks our hosting provider, Cloudflare, for the country of your connection; we keep only the result for the current browser session. If the country cannot be determined, the notice is shown. In other countries Google Analytics runs by default unless your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, and you can turn it off at any time. Your choice is saved in your browser and can be changed using “Analytics choices” in the footer. Cloudflare Web Analytics continues to run independently of this choice.
Google explains how it uses information from sites with its services in its partner-sites notice.
Color theme
The site follows your device's light or dark appearance by default. If you choose Light or Dark in the navigation, we save that preference in your browser's local storage. Selecting System removes the saved override. This preference stays in your browser and is not sent to us.
Directory search
The club directory's search and brand filter run in your browser. The header search opens the directory with your search in the URL. That URL can appear in browser history and hosting request logs. We do not send queries to an external search service or store them in an application database.
Nearby store search
If you select “Use my location”, your browser asks for permission to share your location with this page. We calculate approximate distances in your browser and do not send your coordinates to our server or include them in the URL or analytics events. ZIP-area lookup also runs locally using a downloaded US Census file. We do not save your location after you leave or reload the page. Your browser or device provider may process information to determine your location.
Store websites, map directions and source links open external services. A directions link includes the store's coordinates; the map provider's privacy practices apply when you open it.
Browser extension
Our browser extension, Golf Club Reference: Specs Lookup, works the same way in every browser we publish it for (Microsoft Edge, Opera and Naver Whale). It searches a copy of the site's public club index inside your browser. What you type, and any text you select before choosing “Look up on Golf Club Reference”, stays in your browser; the extension does not send it to us or anyone else. It does not read the pages you visit, has no accounts and runs no analytics of its own.
About once a day the extension downloads the latest index from golfclubreference.com and keeps it in the extension's local storage. Product photos in its results also load from this website. Those requests reach our hosting provider like any other page request. Links from the extension to this website carry a utm_source tag that names the browser, such as “utm_source=edge-extension”, so our analytics can count visits from the extension, and “See all matches” opens the directory with your search in the URL, as described under Directory search. Removing the extension deletes its stored index.
Email contact
You can email us at contact@golfclubreference.com. Zoho Mail hosts our email inbox. Your message, email address and any information you include are processed by Zoho so we can read and reply to your inquiry. See Zoho's privacy policy for details. Please do not send sensitive personal information.
Hosting and technical requests
Cloudflare hosts the website and provides domain and DNS services. Cloudflare may process technical information such as IP addresses and request details to deliver and protect its services. Hosting infrastructure may process technical data independently of Web Analytics.
See Cloudflare's privacy policy for its practices.
Links to other sites
Manufacturer source links open external websites. Their privacy and cookie practices apply when you visit them. We do not embed their account forms or marketing trackers. Product photographs are served from this website, rather than loaded from manufacturer sites in your browser.
Future changes
This page will be reviewed before adding forms, advertising or affiliate tracking. The date above identifies this version of the notice.