| Golf at the 2015 Pacific Games | |
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| Venue | Royal Port Moresby Golf Club |
| Location | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Dates | 15–18 July 2015 |
Golf at the 2015 Pacific Games was held at the Royal Port Moresby Golf Club in Papua New Guinea on 15–18 July 2015. [1] Hosts Papua New Guinea took a clean sweep of the gold medals in both the men's and women's competitions, with New Caledonia, Cook Islands and Fiji claiming the minor medal positions. [2]
* Host nation (Papua New Guinea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Papua New Guinea* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  New Caledonia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Cook Islands | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Fiji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Soti Dinki (PNG) | 298 | William Howard (COK) | 302 | Adrien Peres (NCL) | 304 | [3] |
| Team | Papua New Guinea Soti Dinki Steven George Wally Ilake Brian Taikiri | 917 | New Caledonia Dylan Benoit Guillaume Castagne Ugo Ottogalli Adrien Peres | 920 | Fiji Olaf Frank Grant Allen Anuresh Chandra Abid Hussain Roneel Prakash | 928 | [4] |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Kristine Seko (PNG) | 303 | Priscilla Viking (COK) | 307 | Arianne Klotz (NCL) | 308 | [5] |
| Team | Papua New Guinea Margaret Lavaki Hazel Martin Kristine Seko Roslyn Taufa | 947 | New Caledonia Abeline Fermaut Pricilla Gracia Tess Hillaireau Arianne Klotz | 951 | Cook Islands Memory Akama Rotana Howard Rowena Newbigging Priscilla Viking | 979 | [6] |
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