Golf at the Summer Olympics

Golf is officially recognized as first 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. 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. 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 qualified two players.

Medal table Sources:

Events 1900 Men's individual Women's individual 1904 Men's individual Men's team

1908 A 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. He was entitled to claim the gold medal but declined.

1920 Two golf tournaments were planned at the 1920 Antwerp Games, but were cancelled due to a lack of entries.

2016 Men's individual Women's individual 2020 Men's individual Women's individual 2024 Men's individual Women's individual 2028 Men's individual Women's individual Mixed team

Since its reintroduction, Olympic golf competitions have consisted of 72-hole men's and women's individual stroke play tournament with no halfway cut. There had 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. In April 2025, it was announced that a new mixed team event will be added to golf for the 2028 Summer Olympics; it will be contested between 16 pairs drawn from those who have qualified for the Olympic tournaments, and consist of alternate shot and four-ball rounds.

Courses Year Host city Course(s) 1900 Paris Compiègne Golf Club 1904 St. Louis Glen Echo Country Club, Normandy, Missouri 1908 London Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, Kent1920 Antwerp Cappelen's Golf Club, Antwerp 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Golf Course, Barra da Tijuca 2020 Tokyo Kasumigaseki Country Club, Kawagoe 2024 Paris Le Golf National, Guyancourt 2028 Los Angeles Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California 2032 Brisbane Royal Queensland Golf Club, Eagle Farm, Queensland

Medal summary Men's individual

1900 Paris 1904 St. Louis 1908colspan=3 align=center1912colspan=3 align=center1920colspan=3 align=center1924–2012colspan=3 align=center 2016 Rio 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles

Women's individual 1900 Paris 1904–2012colspan=3 align=center 2016 Rio 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles

Men's team 1904 St. Louis

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.

Golf at the Summer Olympics

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