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Debt issuance costs	$ 2,300,000		$ 2,072,000	$ 2,266,000
Variable rate of interest	0.25%
Incurred fees and expenses	$ 2,700,000
Interest expense, debt			400,000
Proceeds from delayed draw term loan A facility			$ 0	$ 0	$ 100,000,000
Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Beneficial ownership percentage for change of control			35.00%
Unsecured Debt
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate			2.29%	3.25%
Senior Secured Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs								$ 400,000
Contingent maximum increase to borrowing capacity	$ 225,000,000.0
Net average secured leverage ratio	2.25					2.25	2.25
Secured leverage ratio	3.50					3.50	3.50
Initial commitment fee rate	0.20%
Increase in leverage ratio	3.75					3.75	3.75
Interest coverage ratio	3.00					3.00	3.00
Interest expense, debt			$ 400,000
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable rate of interest	0.00%
Leverage ratio basis spread	0.05%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Weighted Average
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Leverage ratio basis spread	0.15%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable rate of interest	0.75%
Leverage ratio basis spread	0.30%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| CDOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable rate of interest	1.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| CDOR \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Leverage ratio basis spread	1.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| CDOR \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Leverage ratio basis spread	1.75%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Term loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Percentage of original principal amount payable	5.00%
Percentage of net cash proceeds of all non ordinary course asset sales	100.00%
Period of reinvest net cash proceeds from day of receipt	12 months
Percentage of net proceeds of issuance or incurrence of debt	100.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Term loan \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Period of reinvest net cash proceeds from day of receipt	18 months
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Letters of credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 50,000,000.0								$ 25,000,000.0
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Letters of credit \| Acushnet Canada
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity										$ 35,000,000.0
Senior Secured Credit Facility \| Letters of credit \| Acushnet Europe
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity \| £											£ 30,000,000.0
Revolving credit facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	400,000,000.0								275,000,000.0
Outstanding balance			$ 44,000,000.0
Weighted average interest rate			3.54%
Available borrowing capacity			$ 338,500,000
Revolving credit facility \| Equity Appreciation Rights
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Proceeds from credit facility		$ 47,800,000
Revolving credit facility \| Acushnet Canada
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 50,000,000.0
Revolving credit facility \| Acushnet Europe
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity \| £							£ 45,000,000.0
Revolving credit facility \| Letters of credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding balance			11,200,000
Swing line
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Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 50,000,000.0								25,000,000.0
Swing line \| Federal funds rate
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Variable rate of interest	0.50%
Alternative Currency Sublimit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 200,000,000.0								100,000,000.0
Term loan facility
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Debt issuance costs			2,100,000
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 350,000,000.0								375,000,000.0
Term loan A facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding balance			309,400,000
Delayed draw term loan A facility
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Debt issuance costs				$ 2,300,000
Maximum borrowing capacity									$ 100,000,000.0
Outstanding balance			$ 48,800,000
Delayed draw term loan A facility \| Equity Appreciation Rights
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Proceeds from delayed draw term loan A facility		$ 100,000,000.0
Delayed draw term loan A facility \| Term loan
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Effective interest rate			3.04%
Letters of credit
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Outstanding balance			$ 14,800,000	$ 15,500,000