Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held at the Hurlingham Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 9 to 15 October.

Golf
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueHurlingham Club
Dates9–15 October
No. of events3 (1 men's, 1 women's, 1 mixed)
Competitors64 from 33 nations
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Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Events
Individual
Team

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a team of 2 athletes of 1 male and 1 female. As hosts, Argentina was given a team to compete and a further 5 teams of 2 athletes was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 26 teams were decided by adding the ranking place of the top ranked eligible male and female golfers on the World Amateur Golf Rankings released on 25 July 2018. The 26 NOCs with the lowest combined rankings qualified.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, all athletes must be amateur golfers who hold a recognised handicap index not exceeding 6.4.[1]

EventDateTotal placesQualified nations
Host nation–1 Argentina
Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings25 July 201826 United States
 Sweden
 Thailand
 Ireland
 Spain
 China
 Denmark
 Great Britain
 Italy
 Canada
 Germany
 Australia
 South Korea (men's only)
 Japan
 Mexico
 New Zealand
 Chinese Taipei
 France
 Finland
 Philippines
 Norway
 Austria
 Netherlands
 Switzerland
 South Africa
 Belgium
Tripartite invitation[2]–4 5 Iceland
 Nigeria
 Papua New Guinea
 Saint Lucia
 United Arab Emirates
Reallocation–2 Czech Republic
 Indonesia (women's only)
Total: 33 NOCs

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia2002
2 Thailand1001
3 United States0202
4 Italy0101
5 Argentina*0011
 Austria0011
 Netherlands0011
Totals (7 nations)3339

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[3][4]
 Karl Vilips
 Australia		 Akshay Bhatia
 United States		 Jerry Ji
 Netherlands
Women's individual[5][6]
 Grace Kim
 Australia		 Alessia Nobilio
 Italy		 Emma Spitz
 Austria
Mixed team[7][8]
  Thailand
Vanchai Luangnitikul
Atthaya Thitikul		  United States
Akshay Bhatia
Lucy Li		  Argentina
Mateo Fernández de Oliveira
Ela Anacona

References
  1. "Qualification System: Golf" (PDF). IGF. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. "Qualification and Rankings". IGF. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. "Youth Men's Individual Stroke Play". Golf Channel. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. "Men's Individual Stroke Play – Results" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "Youth Women's Individual Stroke Play". Golf Channel. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  6. "Women's Individual Stroke Play – Results" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. "Youth Mixed Team Stroke Play". Golf Channel. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  8. "Mixed Team – Results" (PDF). buenosaires2018.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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