golf player vs driver

golf player and driver both are nouns.

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

As nouns, driver is a hyponym of golf player; that is, driver is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than golf player:

Other hyponyms of golf player include golf pro, professional golfer, hacker, hooker, medal winner, medalist, medallist, putter, slicer.

golf player (noun)	driver (noun)
someone who plays the game of golf	a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
	(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