Golf at the Summer Olympics explained
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| Code: | GLF |
| Sport: | golf |
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| Womenevents: | 1 |
Golf is officially recognized as firstly featuring in the Summer Olympic Games programme in 1900 and was also contested at the 1904 Summer Olympics. A golf tournament was to have been held in 1908, but it was cancelled less than two days before it was scheduled to start.[1] Two golf tournaments were also to have been held in 1920, but were cancelled due to a lack of entries.
At the IOC session in Copenhagen in October 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to reinstate the sport for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] [3] The International Golf Federation is the governing body for golf at the Olympic Games. Qualification is based primarily upon the Official World Golf Ranking (men) and Women's World Golf Rankings, with the top 15 of each gender automatically qualifying (with a limit of four per country), and then the highest ranked players from countries that had not yet already qualified two players.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Medal table
Sources:[8]
Women
Events
- 1900
- 1904
- 1908A men's individual tournament was planned for the 1908 London Games, but a dispute amongst representatives of England and Scotland over the format led to British golfers boycotting, leaving 1904 gold medallist George Lyon of Canada as the only remaining entrant.[9] He was entitled to claim the gold medal but declined.
- 1920Two golf tournaments were planned at the 1920 Antwerp Games, but were cancelled due to a lack of entries.[10]
- 2016
- 2020
- 2024
Since its reintroduction, Olympic golf competitions have consisted of men's and women's individual stroke play. There has been calls for the IGF and the IOC to consider adding a match play tournament, a team tournament, and/or to open up the Olympic tournament to more golfers, possibly by using a different qualifying system than the World Golf Ranking.[12]
Courses
| Year | Host city | Course(s) |
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| 1900 | | Compiègne Golf Club |
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| 1904 | | Glen Echo Country Club, Normandy, Missouri |
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| 1908 | | Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent |
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| Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent |
| Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, Kent |
| 1920 | | Cappelen's Golf Club, Antwerp |
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| 2016 | | Olympic Golf Course, Barra da Tijuca |
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| 2020 | | Kasumigaseki Country Club, Kawagoe |
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| 2024 | | Le Golf National, Guyancourt |
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| 2028 | | Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California |
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| 2032 | | Royal Queensland Golf Club, Eagle Farm, Queensland | |
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Medal summary
Men's individual
Men's team
Participating nations
22 golfers competed in 1900. The 1904 tournament featured 77 golfers. Albert Lambert was the only golfer who competed both times; a total of 98 different golfers competed throughout the brief history of Olympic golf before it was brought back in 2016.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- News: Golf Olympic competitions Abandoned . 27 January 2023 . The People . 31 May 1908 . 17 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
- News: Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games. Wilson. Stephen. August 13, 2009. Associated Press. 2009-08-14 . The Seattle Times.
- News: Golf & rugby voted into Olympics. 2009-10-09. BBC Sport.
- News: Olympic golf qualifying date set . ESPN . Bob . Harig . 5 March 2014.
- Web site: Olympic Games - Qualification System - IGF . International Golf Federation . 21 July 2013 . 20 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820023959/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/qualification-system/ . dead .
- Rules for golf qualifying in the 2016 Olympic Games: U.S. will only get four players no matter how many in Top 15 . Golf Magazine . Scooby . Axson . 14 July 2014.
- Web site: International Golf Federation . olympic.org . 17 May 2013.
- Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries . olympanalyt.com . 2022-01-31.
- Book: Wallechinsky . David . The Complete Book To The Olympics . 1984 . Penguin Books . England . 0140066322 . 428 .
- News: Olympic Golf Abandoned . 18 February 2024 . The New York Times . 4 July 1920 . 19 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
- Web site: Golf . Rio2016.com . . 17 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120814192750/http://rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/golf . 14 August 2012 .
- Web site: 2021-07-02 . Fixing Olympic Golf . 2021-09-13 . Pro Golf Now.
