Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Golf
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue Hurlingham Club
Dates 9–15 October
Competitors 64 from 33 nations

Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics is taking place at the Hurlingham Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 9 to 15 October.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a team of 2 athletes of 1 male and 1 female. As hosts, Argentina was given a team to compete and a further 5 teams of 2 athletes was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 26 teams were decided by adding the ranking place of the top ranked eligible male and female golfers on the World Amateur Golf Rankings released on 25 July 2018. The 26 NOCs with the lowest combined rankings qualified.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, all athletes must be amateur golfers who hold a recognised handicap index not exceeding 6.4.[1]

EventDateTotal placesQualified nations
Host nation–1 Argentina
Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings25 July 201826 United States
 Sweden
 Thailand
 Ireland
 Spain
 China
 Denmark
 Great Britain
 Italy
 Canada
 Germany
 Australia
 South Korea (men's only)
 Japan
 Mexico
 New Zealand
 Chinese Taipei
 France
 Finland
 Philippines
 Norway
 Austria
 Netherlands
 Switzerland
 South Africa
 Belgium
Tripartite invitation[2]–4 5 Iceland
 Nigeria
 Papua New Guinea
 Saint Lucia
 United Arab Emirates
Reallocation–2 Czech Republic
 Indonesia (women's only)
Total Nations: 32

Schedule

The schedule is expected to be released by the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia2002
2 Italy0101
 United States0101
4 Austria0011
 Netherlands0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
 Karl Vilips
 Australia		 Akshay Bhatia
 United States		 Jerry Ji
 Netherlands
Women's individual
 Grace Kim
 Australia		 Alessia Nobilio
 Italy		 Emma Spitz
 Austria
Mixed team

References

  1. 1 2 "Qualification System: Golf" (PDF). IGF. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Qualification and Rankings". IGF. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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