driver vs golf player

driver and golf player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
driver	Yes	No	No	No
golf player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, golf player is a hypernym of driver; that is, golf player is a word with a broader meaning than driver:

Other hypernyms of driver include golfer, linksman.

driver (noun)	golf player (noun)
a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee	someone who plays the game of golf
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
the operator of a motor vehicle
a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle