Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Golf pictogram for the games
Venue Angus Glen Golf Club
DatesJuly 16–19
No. of events3 (1 men, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors63 from 20 nations
«Debut
2019»

Golf competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 16 to 19 at the Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham. [1] A total three golf events were held: a singles event for men and women, along with a mixed team event. [2] Golf made its debut at the Pan American Games, after the sport was added to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [3]

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Colombia swept all three gold medals. [4]

Venue

The Angus Glen Golf Club, in Markham, was the venue for the golf competitions. 9th Hole South Course Angus Glen.png
The Angus Glen Golf Club, in Markham, was the venue for the golf competitions.

The competitions took place at the Angus Glen Golf Club's south course located in the city of Markham, about 35 kilometres from the athletes village. The course had a capacity of 2,000 people. [5]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the golf competitions: [6]

R1Round 1R2Round 2R3Round 3R4Round 4/Final
Event↓/Date →Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19
Men's individual R1R2R3R4
Women's individual R1R2R3R4
Mixed team R1R2R3R4

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3003
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0202
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0112
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0011
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual
details
Marcelo Rozo
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Tomás Cocha
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Felipe Aguilar
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Women's individual
details
Mariajo Uribe
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Andrea Lee
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Julieta Granada
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Mixed team
details
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Mateo Gómez
Paola Moreno
Marcelo Rozo
Mariajo Uribe
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Kristen Gillman
Beau Hossler
Andrea Lee
Lee McCoy
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Tomás Cocha
Manuela Carbajo Re
Delfina Acosta
Alejandro Tosti

Participating nations

A total of 20 countries had qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification

A total of 64 athletes (32 men and 32 women) qualified to compete at the games. A nation could enter a maximum of two golfers per gender. As host nation, Canada automatically qualified a full team of four golfers. All other athletes qualified through the Official World Golf Ranking and Women's World Golf Rankings (and if necessary) the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 28, 2015 and April 30, 2015, respectively. All nations qualifying in the men's and women's singles events also qualified for the mixed team event. [7]

Brooke Henderson, one of Canada's women entries, withdrew several weeks prior to the Games and was not replaced, [8] leaving 31 women and 63 total competitors.

Of the 32 men entered, five were professionals: Tommy Cocha (Argentina), Adilson da Silva (Brazil), Felipe Aguilar and Mark Tullo (Chile), Marcelo Rozo (Colombia). For the women, six were professionals: Lorie Kane (Canada), Mariajo Uribe and Paola Moreno (Colombia), Margarita Ramos (Mexico), Julieta Granada (Paraguay), Veronica Felibert (Venezuela).

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