Person golfing: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned person mid-swing, captured in the classic follow-through posture of a golf stroke. The figure is depicted from the side, demonstrating the arc of a club as if they have just struck a ball toward a hole.
Usage Context
Used to discuss the sport of golf, suggest a trip to the driving range, or celebrate a successful game. It is frequently sent by sports fans when referencing professional tournaments or by friends coordinating an outing to the local course. It is often grouped with ⛳ to denote a location or the game itself.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2015 as part of the push to introduce diverse skin tones to the human emoji set. The original person golfing icon dates back to earlier iterations of Japanese carrier sets, which often featured specialized hobbies and sports to save space in text-based mobile messaging.
Details
Glyph
🏌🏿
Unicode
U+1F3CC U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f3cc_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-sport
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji Attribution
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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