Golf at the Island Games explained

Golf at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies, was first played in 1991 with the Ladies competitions starting in 1997. It has now become a regular sport in the Island Games.

Individual competitions

• Men – a maximum of 4 amateur competitors per Member Island
• Ladies – a maximum of 4 amateur competitors per Member Island

Team events

• Men – a maximum of 4 amateur competitors and a minimum of 3 amateur competitors per Member Island.
• Ladies – a maximum of 4 amateur competitors and a minimum of 3 amateur competitors per Member Island

Minimum age – 13^[1]

Events

Event																XIX 2023
Men's individual	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Men's team	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Women's individual				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Women's team				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X

Top medalists

Gold medals		Total medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's individual	5		11
Men's team	5		10
Women's individual	4		10
Women's team	4		8

Men's individual

Year	Games	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1991	IV
1993	V				Ynys Môn Emyr Jones Nigel Vaudin
1997	VII
1999	VIII
2001	IX
2003	X				Stephen Mahy Andrew Challenor Kevin Moore
2005	XI
2007	XII
2009	XIII
2011	XIV
2013	XV	Bermuda
2015	XVI		^[2]
2017	XVII
2023	XIX

Men's team event

Year	Games	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1991	IV
1993	V
1997	VII
1999	VIII
2001	IX
2003	X
2005	XI
2007	XII
2009	XIII
2011	XIV				^[3]
2013	XV	Bermuda
2015	XVI
2017	XVII
2023	XIX

Women's individual

Year	Games	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	VII
1999	VIII
2001	IX			^[4]
2003	X
2005	XI
2007	XII
2009	XIII
2011	XIV
2013	XV	Bermuda
2015	XVI			^[5]
2017	XVII
2023	XIX

Women's team event

Year	Games	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	VII
1999	VIII
2001	IX
2003	X
2005	XI
2007	XII
2009	XIII
2011	XIV
2013	XV	Bermuda
2015	XVI
2017	XVII
2023	XIX

Notes and References

1. Web site: IIGA bylaws . IIGA.
2. Web site: Island takes team and individual events . isleofmangolf . 2015-08-07 . 2015-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150815134828/http://isleofmangolf.im/page39.html . dead .
3. Web site: Two medals for Guernsey's golfers . BBC.
4. Web site: Shetland Medals for Golf . siga.org.uk.
5. Web site: Island Games 2015: Jersey's Constable wins badminton medals . BBC Sport.