CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Current assets
Cash and restricted cash ($13,086 and $13,811 attributable to the variable interest entity ("VIE"))	$ 47,722	$ 79,140
Accounts receivable, net	190,851	177,506
Inventories ($13,692 and $14,633 attributable to the VIE)	363,962	323,289
Other assets	84,541	84,596
Total current assets	687,076	664,531
Property, plant and equipment, net ($10,240 and $10,709 attributable to the VIE)	228,922	239,748
Goodwill ($32,312 and $32,312 attributable to the VIE)	185,941	179,241
Intangible assets, net	481,234	489,988
Deferred income taxes	110,318	130,416
Other assets ($2,738 and $2,642 attributable to the VIE)	33,833	32,247
Total assets	1,727,324	1,736,171
Current liabilities
Short-term debt	20,364	42,495
Current portion of long-term debt	26,719	18,750
Accounts payable ($10,587 and $10,397 attributable to the VIE)	92,759	87,608
Accrued taxes	34,310	41,962
Accrued compensation and benefits ($780 and $780 attributable to the VIE)	80,189	224,230
Accrued expenses and other liabilities ($2,719 and $4,121 attributable to the VIE)	52,442	47,063
Total current liabilities	306,783	462,108
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations	416,970	348,348
Deferred income taxes	9,318	7,452
Accrued pension and other postretirement benefits ($1,908 and $1,946 attributable to the VIE)	130,160	135,339
Other noncurrent liabilities ($4,689 and $3,368 attributable to the VIE)	16,701	14,101
Total liabilities	879,932	967,348
Shareholders' Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized; 74,479,319 and 74,093,598 shares issued and outstanding	74	74
Additional paid-in capital	894,727	880,576
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(81,691)	(90,834)
Retained earnings (deficit)	1,618	(53,951)
Total equity attributable to Acushnet Holdings Corp.	814,728	735,865
Noncontrolling interests	32,664	32,958
Total shareholders' equity	847,392	768,823
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 1,727,324	$ 1,736,171