| Golf at the Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC Code | GLF |
| Governing body | IGF |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
| Summer Olympics | |
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]
- ^ "Golf | Olympic competitions Abandoned". The People. 31 May 1908. p. 17. Retrieved 27 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilson, Stephen (13 August 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Golf & rugby voted into Olympics". BBC Sport. 9 October 2009.
- ^ Harig, Bob (5 March 2014). "Olympic golf qualifying date set". ESPN.
- ^ "Olympic Games - Qualification System - IGF". International Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ Axson, Scooby (14 July 2014). "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.
- ^ "International Golf Federation". olympic.org. Retrieved 17 May 2013.