Which Apollo astronaut became the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon?

Alan Shepard became the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon during Apollo 14.

On February 6, 1971, Shepard used a modified six-iron head attached to a collapsible sample-collection handle. He struck two golf balls near the lunar module Antares at the Fra Mauro highlands. Because his pressurized spacesuit restricted his movement, he took the swings one-handed.

Shepard joked that the second ball traveled “miles and miles,” but the Moon’s low gravity and the limited swing made the distance difficult to judge. Later analysis estimated that the second ball traveled roughly 36 metres, while the first went only a few metres.

Shepard had earlier become the first American in space during Freedom 7 in 1961. Apollo 14 was his only lunar mission and made him, at age 47, the oldest person to walk on the Moon at that time.