UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO

RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September 2017

Commission File Number:  000-29106

GOLDEN OCEAN GROUP LTD.

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

Par-la-Ville Place

14 Par-la-Ville Road,

Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F [ X ]     Form 40-F [   ]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ________.

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ________.

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K is a copy of the press release of Golden Ocean Group Ltd. (the "Company"), dated September 25, 2017, announcing the Company's sale of six vessels and the early delivery of one newbuilding.

Attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Report on Form 6-K is a copy of the press release of the Company, dated September 25, 2017, announcing the results of the Company's 2017 annual general meeting of shareholders.

The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K, except for the commentary of the Company's Chief Executive Officer, is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-211365 and 333-219715) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with an effective date of July 21, 2016 and August 14, 2017, respectively.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	GOLDEN OCEAN GROUP LTD.
	By:  /s/ Per Heiberg
Date: September 26, 2017	Name:  Per Heiberg
	Title:    Principal Financial Officer