Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

Men's golf
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Men's golf; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
	Golf course at Kasumigaseki Country Club
Venue	Kasumigaseki Country Club
Dates	29 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors	60 from 35 nations
Winning score	266 (−18)
Medalists
	← 2016 2024 →

Last updated August 05, 2024

Background

The first Olympic golf tournaments took place at the second modern Games in Paris 1900. Men's and women's events were held. Golf was featured again at the next Games, St. Louis 1904 with men's events (an individual tournament as well as a team event). The 1908 Games in London were also supposed to have a golf competition, but a dispute led to a boycott by all of the host nation's golfers, leaving only a single international competitor and resulting in the cancellation of the event. Golf would disappear from the Olympic programme from then until returning to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[3]

Qualification

Each country could qualify from one to four golfers based on the World Rankings of 21 June 2021. The top 60 golfers, subject to limits per nation and guarantees for the host and continental representation, were selected. A nation could have three or four golfers if they are all in the top 15 of the rankings; otherwise, each nation was limited to two golfers. One spot was guaranteed for the host nation Japan and five spots were guaranteed to ensure that each Olympic continent has at least one representative.

Competition format

Following the format used when golf was returned to the Olympic programme in 2016, the tournament is a four-round stroke play tournament, with the lowest score over the total 72 holes winning.

Schedule

As with most major stroke play tournaments, the event is held over four days (Thursday through Sunday) with each golfer playing one round (18 holes) per day.^[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 29 July 2021	7:30	First round
Friday, 30 July 2021	7:30	Second round
Saturday, 31 July 2021	9:30	Third round
Sunday, 1 August 2021	7:30	Final round

Results

First round

Thursday, 29 July 2021

Austria's Sepp Straka birdied three consecutive holes on his back-nine and finished with a bogey-free round of 63 (−8) to take the first-round lead. A shot behind was Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand, who also did not make a bogey in a seven-under round of 64. Belgium's Thomas Pieters holed out from the fairway for eagle on the par-four 11th hole and shot 65, tied with Carlos Ortiz in third place and two shots behind.^[4]^[5]

Reigning Open champion Collin Morikawa, at World No. 3 the highest-ranked player in the field, opened with 69 (−2). Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was four-under on his round through eight holes but made two bogeys to fall back to two-under.^[6]^[7]

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Sepp Straka	Austria	63	−8
2	Jazz Janewattananond	Thailand	64	−7
T3	Carlos Ortiz	Mexico	65	−6
T3	Thomas Pieters	Belgium	65	−6
T5	Joachim B. Hansen	Denmark	66	−5
	Juvic Pagunsan	Philippines
	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela
T8	Paul Casey	Great Britain	67	−4
	Anirban Lahiri	India
	Sebastián Muñoz	Colombia
	Alex Norén	Sweden

Second round

Friday, 30 July 2021
Saturday, 31 July 2021

Thunderstorms caused delays in play and 16 players did not complete the second round on Friday. American Xander Schauffele was the overnight leader after shooting an 8-under-par 63. He held a one stroke lead over Carlos Ortiz of Mexico.^[8]

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Xander Schauffele	United States	68-63=131	−11
2	Carlos Ortiz	Mexico	65-67=132	−10
3	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	69-64=133	−9
T4	Alex Norén	Sweden	67-67=134	−8
	Mito Pereira	Chile	69-65=134
	Sepp Straka	Austria	63-71=134
T7	Paul Casey	Great Britain	67-68=135	−7
	Jazz Janewattananond	Thailand	64-71=135
	Shane Lowry	Ireland	70-65=135
	Rory McIlroy	Ireland	69-66=135

Third round

Saturday, 31 July 2021

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Xander Schauffele	United States	68-63-68=199	−14
2	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	69-64-67=200	−13
T3	Paul Casey	Great Britain	67-68-66=201	−12
T3	Carlos Ortiz	Mexico	65-67-69=201	−12
T5	Rory McIlroy	Ireland	69-66-67=202	−11
	Sebastián Muñoz	Colombia	67-69-66=202
	Mito Pereira	Chile	69-65-68=202
	Sepp Straka	Austria	63-71-68=202
T9	Tommy Fleetwood	Great Britain	70-69-64=203	−10
T9	Shane Lowry	Ireland	70-65-68=203	−10

Final round

Sunday, 1 August 2021

Pan Cheng-tsung won the bronze medal after a seven-man sudden death playoff after Collin Morikawa was eliminated by par on the fourth extra hole. Rory McIlroy, Sebastián Muñoz, and Mito Pereira were all eliminated by birdie on the third extra hole, and Paul Casey and Hideki Matsuyama were both eliminated by par on the first extra hole.^[9]^[10]

Rank	Player	Nation	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	To par
	Xander Schauffele	United States	68	63	68	67	266	−18
	Rory Sabbatini	Slovakia	69	67	70	61	267	−17
	Pan Cheng-tsung	Chinese Taipei	74	66	66	63	269	−15
T4	Paul Casey	Great Britain	67	68	66	68
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	69	64	67	69
	Rory McIlroy	Ireland	69	66	67	67
	Collin Morikawa	United States	69	70	67	63
	Sebastián Muñoz	Colombia	67	69	66	67
	Mito Pereira	Chile	69	65	68	67
T10	Joaquín Niemann	Chile	70	69	66	65	270	−14
	Cameron Smith	Australia	71	67	66	66
	Sepp Straka	Austria	63	71	68	68
13	Corey Conners	Canada	69	71	66	65	271	−13
T14	Abraham Ancer	Mexico	69	69	66	68	272	−12
T14	Viktor Hovland	Norway	68	69	71	64	272	−12
T16	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	South Africa	68	70	68	67	273	−11
	Tommy Fleetwood	Great Britain	70	69	64	70
	Alex Norén	Sweden	67	67	72	67
	Thomas Pieters	Belgium	65	76	64	68
	Jhonattan Vegas	Venezuela	66	70	70	67
	Scott Vincent	Zimbabwe	73	67	66	67
T22	Thomas Detry	Belgium	70	67	68	69	274	−10
	Im Sung-jae	South Korea	70	73	63	68
	Shane Lowry	Ireland	70	65	68	71
	Patrick Reed	United States	68	71	70	65
	Justin Thomas	United States	71	70	68	65
T27	Joachim B. Hansen	Denmark	66	73	67	69	275	−9
	Jazz Janewattananond	Thailand	64	71	72	68
	Renato Paratore	Italy	71	70	67	67
	Matthias Schwab	Austria	69	69	70	67
	Sami Välimäki	Finland	70	70	68	67
T32	Kim Si-woo	South Korea	68	71	70	67	276	−8
	Guido Migliozzi	Italy	71	65	68	72
	Wu Ashun	China	72	71	67	66
T35	Romain Langasque	France	69	70	69	69	277	−7
	Hurly Long	Germany	70	70	70	67
	Fabrizio Zanotti	Paraguay	73	67	68	69
T38	Adri Arnaus	Spain	68	69	74	67	278	−6
	Rasmus Højgaard	Denmark	73	68	66	71
	Rikuya Hoshino	Japan	71	68	73	66
	Yuan Yechun	China	69	68	70	71
T42	Ryan Fox	New Zealand	70	72	73	64	279	−5
	Anirban Lahiri	India	67	72	68	72
	Carlos Ortiz	Mexico	65	67	69	78
T45	Gunn Charoenkul	Thailand	71	71	71	67	280	−4
	Maximilian Kieffer	Germany	73	69	67	71
	Henrik Norlander	Sweden	68	73	72	67
	Antoine Rozner	France	68	69	73	70
	Kalle Samooja	Finland	75	68	70	67
50	Mackenzie Hughes	Canada	69	72	65	75	281	−3
T51	Marc Leishman	Australia	70	71	72	69	282	−2
T51	Adrian Meronk	Poland	72	71	69	70	282	−2
T53	Garrick Higgo	South Africa	71	71	70	72	284	E
T53	Kristian Krogh Johannessen	Norway	72	70	71	71	284	E
55	Juvic Pagunsan	Philippines	66	73	76	70	285	+1
56	Udayan Mane	India	76	69	70	72	287	+3
T57	Rafael Campos	Puerto Rico	73	73	70	72	288	+4
T57	Gavin Green	Malaysia	74	72	70	72	288	+4
59	Jorge Campillo	Spain	70	75	69	75	289	+5
60	Ondřej Lieser	Czech Republic	72	77	73	72	294	+10

The medals for the competition were presented by Sir Craig Reedie, United Kingdom; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Jay Monahan, United States; IGF Chairman.^{[ citation needed ]}

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[Dates-1] 1 2 "Golf Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[2] "Tokyo Olympics: Xander Schauffele wins gold on dramatic final day". BBC Sport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[2016Olympedia-3] "Individual, Men (2016)". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[4] Hoggard, Rex (29 July 2021). "Special day for Straka bros made sweeter by Sepp's Olympics-leading 63". Golf Channel. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[5] Schmitt, Tim (29 July 2021). "5 Olympics golf storylines you missed overnight: A weather delay, Sepp Straka shines and a hatless Rory McIlroy". Golfweek. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[6] Martin, Sean (29 July 2021). "'If I say there's no pressure, I'll be lying': Hideki Matsuyama's gold medal quest gets off to slow start". PGA Tour. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[7] Bumbaca, Chris (29 July 2021). "Former Georgia Bulldog, Sepp Straka, representing Austria, leads men's golf; Americans unimpressive after Round 1". USA Today. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[8] "Xander Schauffele has big finish and 1-shot lead in Olympic golf". ESPN. Associated Press. 30 July 2021.

[9] "American Xander Schauffele wins Olympic men's golf tournament, fulfilling his father's dream". USA Today. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[10] "USA's Xander Schauffele holds on to capture Olympic men's golf title". The Guardian. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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