hacker vs golf player

hacker and golf player both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of hacker include golfer, linksman.

hacker (noun)	golf player (noun)
one who works hard at boring tasks	someone who plays the game of golf
a programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm
someone who plays golf poorly