Men's golf
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Golf course at Kasumigaseki Country Club
VenueKasumigaseki Country Club
Dates29 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors60 from 35 nations
Winning score266 (−18)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xander Schauffele  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rory Sabbatini  Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pan Cheng-tsung  Chinese Taipei

The men's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 29 July to 1 August 2021 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.[1] 60 golfers from 35 nations competed in the event, which was won by Xander Schauffele of the United States.[2]

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 20217:30First round
Friday, 30 July 20217:30Second round
Saturday, 31 July 20219:30Third round
Sunday, 1 August 20217:30Final 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]

RankPlayerNationScoreTo par
1Sepp Straka Austria63−8
2Jazz Janewattananond Thailand64−7
T3Carlos Ortiz Mexico65−6
Thomas Pieters Belgium
T5Joachim B. Hansen Denmark66−5
Juvic Pagunsan Philippines
Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela
T8Paul Casey Great Britain67−4
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]

RankPlayerNationScoreTo par
1Xander Schauffele United States68-63=131−11
2Carlos Ortiz Mexico65-67=132−10
3Hideki Matsuyama Japan69-64=133−9
T4Alex Norén Sweden67-67=134−8
Mito Pereira Chile69-65=134
Sepp Straka Austria63-71=134
T7Paul Casey Great Britain67-68=135−7
Jazz Janewattananond Thailand64-71=135
Shane Lowry Ireland70-65=135
Rory McIlroy Ireland69-66=135

Third round

Saturday, 31 July 2021

RankPlayerNationScoreTo par
1Xander Schauffele United States68-63-68=199−14
2Hideki Matsuyama Japan69-64-67=200−13
T3Paul Casey Great Britain67-68-66=201−12
Carlos Ortiz Mexico65-67-69=201
T5Rory McIlroy Ireland69-66-67=202−11
Sebastián Muñoz Colombia67-69-66=202
Mito Pereira Chile69-65-68=202
Sepp Straka Austria63-71-68=202
T9Tommy Fleetwood Great Britain70-69-64=203−10
Shane Lowry Ireland70-65-68=203

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]

RankPlayerNationRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4TotalTo par
1st place, gold medalist(s)Xander Schauffele United States68636867266−18
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Rory Sabbatini Slovakia69677061267−17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Pan Cheng-tsung Chinese Taipei74666663269−15
T4Paul Casey Great Britain67686668
Hideki Matsuyama Japan69646769
Rory McIlroy Ireland69666767
Collin Morikawa United States69706763
Sebastián Muñoz Colombia67696667
Mito Pereira Chile69656867
T10Joaquín Niemann Chile70696665270−14
Cameron Smith Australia71676666
Sepp Straka Austria63716868
13Corey Conners Canada69716665271−13
T14Abraham Ancer Mexico69696668272−12
Viktor Hovland Norway68697164
T16Christiaan Bezuidenhout South Africa68706867273−11
Tommy Fleetwood Great Britain70696470
Alex Norén Sweden67677267
Thomas Pieters Belgium65766468
Jhonattan Vegas Venezuela66707067
Scott Vincent Zimbabwe73676667
T22Thomas Detry Belgium70676869274−10
Im Sung-jae South Korea70736368
Shane Lowry Ireland70656871
Patrick Reed United States68717065
Justin Thomas United States71706865
T27Joachim B. Hansen Denmark66736769275−9
Jazz Janewattananond Thailand64717268
Renato Paratore Italy71706767
Matthias Schwab Austria69697067
Sami Välimäki Finland70706867
T32Kim Si-woo South Korea68717067276−8
Guido Migliozzi Italy71656872
Wu Ashun China72716766
T35Romain Langasque France69706969277−7
Hurly Long Germany70707067
Fabrizio Zanotti Paraguay73676869
T38Adri Arnaus Spain68697467278−6
Rasmus Højgaard Denmark73686671
Rikuya Hoshino Japan71687366
Yuan Yechun China69687071
T42Ryan Fox New Zealand70727364279−5
Anirban Lahiri India67726872
Carlos Ortiz Mexico65676978
T45Gunn Charoenkul Thailand71717167280−4
Maximilian Kieffer Germany73696771
Henrik Norlander Sweden68737267
Antoine Rozner France68697370
Kalle Samooja Finland75687067
50Mackenzie Hughes Canada69726575281−3
T51Marc Leishman Australia70717269282−2
Adrian Meronk Poland72716970
T53Garrick Higgo South Africa71717072284E
Kristian Krogh Johannessen Norway72707171
55Juvic Pagunsan Philippines66737670285+1
56Udayan Mane India76697072287+3
T57Rafael Campos Puerto Rico73737072288+4
Gavin Green Malaysia74727072
59Jorge Campillo Spain70756975289+5
60Ondřej Lieser Czech Republic72777372294+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.

References

  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.
  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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