List of Olympic venues in golf

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For the Summer Olympics, there are seven venues that have been or will be used for golf.

GamesVenueOther sports hosted
at venue for those games
Ref.
1900 Paris Compiègne None [1]
1904 St. Louis Glen Echo Country Club None [2]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Golf Course None [3]
2020 Tokyo Kasumigaseki Country Club None [4]
2024 Paris Le Golf National None [5]
2028 Los Angeles Riviera Country Club None [6]
2032 Brisbane Royal Queensland Golf Club None [7]

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