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Golf at the 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. Two golf tournaments were also to have been held in 1920, but were cancelled due to a lack of entries.

Medal table
Sources: Total Men Women ==Events==
Events
;1900Men's individualWomen's individual ;1904Men's individualMen'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. ;2016Men's individualWomen's individual ;2020Men's individualWomen's individual ;2024Men's individualWomen's individual ;2028 • Men's individual • Women's individual • Mixed team Since its reintroduction, Olympic golf competitions have consisted of men's and women's individual stroke play. 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==
Medal summary
Men's individual Women's individual Men's team ==Participating nations==
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==
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