Is Golf in the Olympics?
At previous times, golf was not found available in the Olympic game. The official program of the Summer Olympic Games from 1900 and 1904 has launched the golf game into the sector.
Is Golf in the Olympics?
At previous times, golf was not found available in the Olympic game. The official program of the Summer Olympic Games from 1900 and 1904 has launched the golf game into the sector.
After that time, the golf game didn't get seen for a long time. In 2009 October, International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to reestablish the game in Copenhagen for the 2016 Summer Olympic session.
Golf Game Debut in Olympics
Most common indoor and outdoor sports and games come into the Olympics every season. Just like the same, golf games has also entered the Olympic sector a long time ago. Beginning of the year 1900, the International Olympic Committee placed a proposal for adding golf into the Olympic seasons. As the Olympics get held every year, all the professional golfers of both men and women will participate in the game from their own country. Professional Golfers Association (PGA) has approved the proposal and added golf games as one of the Olympic Games. From 1900 to 1904, golf game was abuzz in the Olympic sessions.
But unfortunately, the game got discontinued because of no serious response or even no demands back to the previous times. In the 19th century, the golf game was not very well known and popular in the world as football and other games had taken the place. After discontinuing, the golf game was never seen for a long period in the Olympic Games. But in the year 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)session from Copenhagen decided to re-launch the game for the upcoming Olympic sessions from 2016
Qualifying Procedure
Both the man and women golfers have the accessibility to the Olympic Games from the golf sector. Qualifying the players was based on the Official World Golf Ranking of men and Women's Golf Ranking. Maximum 4 golfers from each country had the direct qualifying ability in the Olympics from both men and women. A total of 15 golfers from each man and woman team get qualified for the game. Second ranked players from each country get qualified by comparing between two for the game.
Total Events
There were a total of 4 events of Olympic Games with golf till now. These sessions were held at different times. They are:
- Olympic Session of 1900
- Olympic Session of 1904
- Olympic Session of 2016 and
- Olympic Session of 2020
First, two of the sessions were accomplished at the previous time of discontinuing where the last two of them get held after the re launching of the golf game. All these 4 sessions of the Olympic Game got played by both the man and women teams.
In 1908, an Olympic session from London Games was supposed to hold a men’s individual game as the session has been set after 4 years. But during some conflicts among the fellow golfers, the game got boycotted from the total event.
The Olympic Game authority decided to honor George Lyon (gold medalist from 1904 session) with the default gold medal. But he refused the offering instead of accepting.
A total of 4 of the Olympic Sessions for the golf game had been placed in 4 different areas and countries. The place along with the courses and years has been given below:
Year | Courses | Hosted City |
1900 | Compiègne golf club | Paris |
1904 | Glen Echo Country Club, Normandy | Saint Louis, Missouri |
2016 | Olympic Golf Course,Barra da Tijuca | Rio de Janerio, Brazil |
2021 | Kasumigaseki Country Club, Kawagoe | Tokyo, Japan |
These sessions have been performed till now.
1900 summer Olympic Golf session
Men’s Individuals
From the debut of the golf game in the Olympic session back to 1900, there was a total of 12 competitors from 4 nations. Charles Sands from the United States had won the game while Walter Rutherford from Great Britain had taken second place in rank. Coming on the third position, David Robertson had listed his name.
Women’s Individuals
At the same time as the Men's, the Women's golf game also took place. There were only two countries with 10 golfers. The United States and France. Just after the day of Men's individuals, the game for Women got performed on the 3rd of October in Compiègne Club of Northern France. Margaret Abbott from the United States held the first position as the gold medalist. In second and third place, both of the golfers held the medal from the United States. They are respectively Pauline Whittier and Abbie Pratt. The rest of the other players from France held the ranking.
Time Schedule
Both of the Men’s and Women’s golf game final in the Olympics took place between one day.
For men's the game held on 2nd October, Tuesday, 1900
For women's the game held on 3rd October, Wednesday, 1900
1904 Summer Olympic Golf Session
The second event of Golf in Olympic got placed in Glen Echo Country Club of Normandy, Missouri. A total of 75 golfers from 2 different nations participated in the game. Canadian golfer named George Lyon has won the game with the gold medal while Chandler Egan from the United States took the second position. Two of the golfers from the United States got placed as the bronze holder in 3rd and 4th position. They are Burt McKinnie and Francis Newton.
Schedule of the Time
The game had been played for a total of 5 days. Each of the days has been placed accurately. Here is the schedule of the 1904 Golf Olympic game.
Date | Rounds |
19th September Monday,1904 | Qualifying |
20th September Tuesday,1904 | Round of 32 |
21st September Wednesday, 1904 | Round of 16 |
22nd September Thursday,1904 | Quarterfinals |
23rd September Friday,1904 | Semifinals |
24th September Saturday, 1904 | Finals |
Is Golf in the Olympics
2016 Summer Olympic Golf session
Men’s Individuals
After a very long gap of almost 112 years, the game got placed again in the Olympics back in 2016. Olympic Golf course from Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is the golf course where the total session took place. For competing, there was a total of 60 golfers from 34 nations winning the title. At the end of the session, Justin Rose from Great Britain achieved the gold medal, Swedish player HenrikStenson came second and Matt Kuchar from the United States achieved the third position with bronze.
Schedule
A total of 4 days got used for completing the whole session. The schedule is,
Date | Rounds |
11th August 2016, Thursday | First Round |
12th August 2016, Friday | Second Round |
13th August 2016, Saturday | Third Round |
14th August 2016, Sunday | Final Round |
Women’s Individuals
After several days of Men's game, Women's individual took place in the same area. For the gold, Inbee Park from South Korea had held the place by defeating Lydia Ko from New Zealand with the silver medal herself. ShanshanFeng from China had placed in third with the bronze.
Schedule:
As both of the men and women individual have taken place in the same venue, there was a little bit difference in the schedule only. And here it is.
Date | Rounds |
17th August 2016 Wednesday | First Round |
18th August 2016 Thursday | Second Round |
19th August 2016 Friday | Third Round |
20th August 2016 Saturday | Final Round |
So these are the Olympic Sessions of golf game according to their times with winners. The 2020 Olympic Golf Game has not been placed yet as there is a pandemic situation during COVID-19. But soon, the listing along with the Men's and Women's individual winners will be revealed after the end of the pandemic.
Golf Ranking
As the golfers from Olympic getting updated day by day depending on the performance. Here is a ranking that has been listed on 1st March 2021 by IGF (International Golf Federation)
For men:
Rank Country Name
1 USA Justin Thomas
2 ESP Jon Rahm
3 USA XanderSchauffele
4 USA Bryson DeChambeau
5 USA Collin Morikawa
6 GBR Tyrrell Hatton
7 NOR ViktorHovland
8 JPN Hideki Matsuyama
9 IRL Rory McIlroy
10 GBR Matt Fitzpatrick
And for Women:
RankCountry Name
1 KOR Jin Young Ko
2 KOR In Bee Park
3 KOR Sei Young Kim
4 USA Nelly Korda
5 CANBrooke M. Henderson
6 USA Danielle Kang
7 KOR Hyo-Joo Kim
8 NZL Lydia Ko
9 USA Lexi Thompson
10 AUS Minjee Lee
As all the names are listed according to the rank, they can be changed in the future depending on the game and the golfer's performance.
Golf Game Contribution and role in Olympic Games
Judging the contribution of the Golf Game in the Olympics means measuring the whole term related to golf. Re debut of the golf game in the Olympics back in 2016 revealed the necessity and demand of the game among both male and female golfers. In some of the countries and areas, golf games got taken majorly. The golf game is having a great contribution and playing a vital role in the Olympic Games. And the main reason behind this term is, people from all over the world getting an idea and knowledge about the game. Thus the demand for the game along with the rules and regulations getting increased from the Olympics.
There was a time when the golf game completely got detached from the Olympics even lost the existence. But after a long period, the game gets launched again in the Olympics by the authority knowing of the value. Few of the advisors create an issue for discontinuing the game from the Olympic sector. But still, the game is getting held into the Olympics and will stay the same in the future.
Passionate golfers will willingly go to the Olympic level with their performance and skill to achieve the title for the country and mark them in history.
