The federation is responsible for administering the
Rules of Golf, as laid down by
The R&A, at the national level. It organizes tournaments, manages the national teams, and promotes the game. As of 2022, the federation organized
448 golf clubs and 505,577 individual members with 536 203 memberships, 74.4% male and 25.6% female.[2] This makes it the third largest sports federation in Sweden in terms of active members, behind
association football and
athletics in first and second and place.[2]
SGF is a member of the
European Golf Association (EGA). Thanks to a high national participation rate of almost 5%, SGF is EGA's third largest national member behind
England and
Germany (661,805 and 640,181 members respectively as of 2016).[3]
