Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) Appointment of Certain Officers

On February 17, 2012, Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") announced that Sue E. Gove, 53, has been appointed President of the Company, in addition to maintaining her role as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Since joining the Company in September 2008 as Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Gove has been instrumental in improving the Company's operations in the areas of store productivity, supply chain management, distribution, finance, and information technology. She will continue to report directly to Martin Hanaka, the Company's Chief Executive Officer.

Ms. Gove joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in September 2008 after acting as an independent consultant since April 2006, serving clients in specialty retail and private equity. She was additionally named Chief Financial Officer in March 2009. She was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Zale Corporation from 2002 to March 2006, and a director of Zale Corporation from 2004 to 2006. In addition, Ms. Gove has been a member of the Board of Directors of Autozone, Inc. since 2005, and serves on its audit committee and is Chairman of its nominating and governance committee. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Gove and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as President, and Ms. Gove does not have any family relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer, and there are no transactions in which Ms. Gove has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Ms. Gove's salary was increased to $ 570,000 in connection with the appointment. There will be no other changes to Ms. Gove's compensation arrangements.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On February 17, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the changes to the Company's leadership structure disclosed under Item 5.02 above. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. References to the Company's website in the release do not incorporate by reference the information on such website into this report, and the Company disclaims any such incorporation by reference. The information in this Item 7.01 is being "furnished" in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. It may be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933 only if and to the extent such subsequent filing specifically references the information incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01."

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