Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Golf at the Games of the Olympiad
Venue	Zhongshan International Golf Club
Dates	19–26 August
Competitors	64[1]

Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Individual		Boys		Girls
Team		Mixed

Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 19 to August 26. The events took place at the Zhongshan International Golf Club in Nanjing, China. This marked the debut of Golf at the Youth Olympics as it was voted an Olympic sport for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 athletes, 1 male and 1 female. As hosts, China was initially given the maximum quota, but only selected a male athlete and a further 10 athletes were to be decided by the Tripartite Commission, but only seven were used, the rest were reallocated. 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 8 June 2014. The 26 NOCs with the lowest combined rankings qualified.^[3]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1998. Furthermore, all athletes must be amateur golfers who hold a recognised Handicap Index not exceeding 6.4.^[3]

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified Boys	Qualified Girls
Host Nation	–	–	1/0	China
Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings[4]	–	8 June 2014	26	Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Hong Kong India Ireland Italy Japan South Korea Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Chinese Taipei Thailand Venezuela	Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Hong Kong India Ireland Italy Japan South Korea Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Chinese Taipei Thailand Venezuela
Tripartite Invitation[4]	–	–	4/3	Cook Islands Guam Panama Swaziland	Cook Islands Guam Swaziland
Reallocation[4]	–	–	1/3	Malaysia	Argentina Malaysia Switzerland
TOTAL			32

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[5]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 19	Tuesday	08:30	Boys' Individual: 1st Round Girls' Individual: 1st Round
August 20	Wednesday	08:30	Boys' Individual: 2nd Round Girls' Individual: 2nd Round
August 21	Thursday	08:30	Boys' Individual: Final Round Girls' Individual: Final Round
August 24	Sunday	08:30	Mixed Team: Foursome
August 25	Monday	08:30	Mixed Team: Fourball
August 26	Tuesday	08:30	Mixed Team: Individual Stroke Play

Medal Summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
T1	South Korea	1	1	0	2
T1	Sweden	1	1	0	2
3	Italy	1	0	1	2
4	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
5	Thailand	0	0	2	2
Total		3	3	3	9

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' individual	Renato Paratore Italy (ITA)	Marcus Kinhult Sweden (SWE)	Danthai Boonma Thailand (THA)
Girls' individual	Lee So-young South Korea (KOR)	Cheng Ssu-Chia Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Supamas Sangchan Thailand (THA)
Mixed team	Sweden (SWE) Marcus Kinhult Linnea Ström	South Korea (KOR) Lee So-young Youm Eun-ho	Italy (ITA) Renato Paratore Virginia Elena Carta

References

1. Golf on Nanjing 2014 Official Website
2. Wilson, Stephen (13 August 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
3. "Qualification System: Golf" (PDF). IGF. September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
4. "Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking". IGF. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
5. "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Golf" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.