Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's individual

Men's golf
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
View of the Olympic Golf Course in Barra da Tijuca, the venue of the men's golf tournament.
VenueOlympic Golf Course
Dates11–14 August 2016
Competitors60 from 34 nations
Winning score268 (−16)
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Sweden
   United States
Golf at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Events
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The men's golf tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Golf Course (Portuguese: Campo Olímpico de Golfe), built within the Reserva de Marapendi in the Barra da Tijuca zone, between 11 and 14 August 2016. It was the first such tournament in 112 years.

Sixty players took part in four rounds of stroke play. Justin Rose of Great Britain won the gold medal by two strokes over silver medalist Henrik Stenson of Sweden.[1][2] Matt Kuchar of the United States was one stroke behind Stenson and won the bronze medal.[3][4]

The tournament carried Official World Golf Ranking points.[5] Rose went from 12th to 9th in the rankings as a result while Stenson went from 5th to 4th and Kuchar went from 20th to 15th.[6]

Participating nations

Number of male golfers from each country participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics:
  Four   Two   One   None
North America (7)South America (6)Europe (25)Oceania (4)Asia (16)Africa (2)
Canada (2) Argentina (2) Austria (1) Australia (2) Bangladesh (1) South Africa (2)
Mexico (1) Brazil (1) Belgium (2) New Zealand (2) China (2)
United States (4) Chile (1) Denmark (2) Chinese Taipei (2)
Paraguay (1) Finland (2) India (2)
Venezuela (1) France (2) Japan (2)
Germany (2) Malaysia (2)
Great Britain (2) Philippines (1)
Ireland (2) South Korea (2)
Italy (2) Thailand (2)
Netherlands (1)
Norway (1)
Portugal (2)
Spain (2)
Sweden (2)

Results

First round

Thursday, 11 August 2016

Marcus Fraser of Australia recorded nine birdies on his way to a round of 63 (−8) and a three-shot lead.[7] Justin Rose of Great Britain became the first player to make a hole-in-one at the Games.[8][9][10]

Rank Player Nationality Score To par
1 Marcus Fraser Australia 63 −8
T2 Graham DeLaet Canada 66 −5
Henrik Stenson Sweden
T4 Thomas Pieters Belgium 67 −4
Grégory Bourdy France
Alex Čejka Germany
Justin Rose Great Britain
Rafael Cabrera-Bello Spain
T9 An Byeong-hun South Korea 68 −3
Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium

Second round

Friday, 12 August 2016

Marcus Fraser of Australia carded four birdies and two bogeys for a round of 69 (−2) and saw his lead reduced to one shot.[8][11][12]

Rank Player Nationality Score To par
1 Marcus Fraser Australia 63-69=132 −10
2 Thomas Pieters Belgium 67-66=133 −9
3 Henrik Stenson Sweden66-68=134 −8
T4 Grégory Bourdy France 67-69=136−6
Justin Rose Great Britain67-69=136
T6 Rafael Cabrera-Bello Spain67-70=137−5
Graham DeLaet Canada66-71=137
Danny Lee New Zealand72-65=137
Fabián Gómez Argentina70-67=137
T10 Pan Cheng-tsung Chinese Taipei 69-69=138−4
Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark70-68=138
Alex Čejka Germany67-71=138
Séamus Power Ireland71-67=138

Third round

Saturday, 13 August 2016

Rose fired a 65 (−6) including two eagles to take a one-shot lead over world number five Henrik Stenson into the final round.[8] South Africa's Jaco van Zyl, meanwhile, made a hole in one of his own at the 8th.[13][14]

Rank Player Nationality Score To par
1 Justin Rose Great Britain 67-69-65=201 −12
2 Henrik Stenson Sweden 66-68-68=202 −11
3 Marcus Fraser Australia 63-69-72=204 −9
T4 Bubba Watson United States 73-67-67=207 −6
David Lingmerth Sweden 69-70-68=207
Emiliano Grillo Argentina 70-69-68=207
T7 Mikko Ilonen Finland 73-69-66=208 −5
Pádraig Harrington Ireland 70-71-67=208
Matt Kuchar United States 69-70-69=208
Grégory Bourdy France 67-69-72=208
Rafael Cabrera-Bello Spain 67-70-71=208

Final round

Sunday, 14 August 2016

Rose and Stenson continued to battle in the final group of the day and were tied at −15 going to the 18th. Rose then produced a backspin approach that left him with a 2.5-foot putt, and Stenson underhit his approach and eventually three-putted for bogey, leaving Rose with two putts to win the gold. He made the first for birdie to secure the win, becoming the first golfer to win Olympic gold in 112 years.[15][16]

It was Rose's first tournament win in 10 months, having won the UBS Hong Kong Open the previous October. American Matt Kuchar, who had entered the final round tied for seventh, shot a 63 (−8) to take bronze.[17]

Rank Player Nationality Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total To par
1st, gold medalist(s) Rose, JustinJustin Rose Great Britain 67 69 65 67 268 −16
2nd, silver medalist(s) Stenson, HenrikHenrik Stenson Sweden 66 68 68 68 270 −14
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kuchar, MattMatt Kuchar United States 69 70 69 63 271 −13
4 Pieters, ThomasThomas Pieters Belgium 67 66 77 65 275 −9
T5 Fraser, MarcusMarcus Fraser Australia 63 69 72 72 276 −8
Cabrerabello, RafaelRafael Cabrera-Bello Spain 67 70 71 68
Aphibarnrat, KiradechKiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand 71 69 69 67
T8 Grillo, EmilianoEmiliano Grillo Argentina 70 69 68 70 277 −7
Watson, BubbaBubba Watson United States 73 67 67 70
García, SergioSergio García Spain 69 72 70 66
T11 An, ByeonghunAn Byeong-hun South Korea 68 72 70 68 278 −6
Lingmerth, DavidDavid Lingmerth Sweden 69 70 68 71
Reed, PatrickPatrick Reed United States 72 69 73 64
Wiesberger, BerndBernd Wiesberger Austria 74 67 69 68
T15 Gomez, FabianFabián Gómez Argentina 70 67 73 69 279 −5
Jaidee, ThongchaiThongchai Jaidee Thailand 70 75 67 67
Kaymer, MartinMartin Kaymer Germany 69 72 72 66
Power, SéamusSéamus Power Ireland 71 67 74 67
Zanotti, FabrizioFabrizio Zanotti Paraguay 70 74 68 67
20 DeLaet, GrahamGraham DeLaet Canada 66 71 74 69 280 −4
T21 Bourdy, GrégoryGrégory Bourdy France 67 69 72 73 281 −3
Cejka, AlexAlex Čejka Germany 67 71 74 69
Harrington, PádraigPádraig Harrington Ireland 70 71 67 73
Ikeda, YutaYuta Ikeda Japan 74 69 69 69
Kjeldsen, SørenSøren Kjeldsen Denmark 73 68 70 70
Ilonen, MikkoMikko Ilonen Finland 73 69 66 73
T27 Lee, DannyDanny Lee New Zealand 72 65 76 69 282 −2
Luiten, JoostJoost Luiten Netherlands 72 70 70 70
Manassero, MatteoMatteo Manassero Italy 69 73 71 69
T30 Bertasio, NinoNino Bertasio Italy 72 72 71 68 283 −1
Colsaerts, NicolasNicolas Colsaerts Belgium 68 71 71 73
Cazaubón, RodolfoRodolfo Cazaubón Mexico 76 66 68 73
Hearn, DavidDavid Hearn Canada 73 70 74 66
Olesen, ThorbjørnThorbjørn Olesen Denmark 70 68 74 71
Pan, chengtsungPan Cheng-tsung Chinese Taipei 69 69 71 74
Wu, AshunWu Ashun China 74 71 70 68
T37 Fowler, RickieRickie Fowler United States 75 71 64 74 284 E
Willett, DannyDanny Willett Great Britain 71 70 69 74
T39 Aguilar, FelipeFelipe Aguilar Chile 71 71 75 68 285 +1
Dasilva, AdilsonAdilson da Silva Brazil 72 71 73 69
Fox, RyanRyan Fox New Zealand 70 73 74 68
Hend, ScottScott Hend Australia 74 69 71 71
T43 Kakko, RoopeRoope Kakko Finland 72 76 68 70 286 +2
Kofstad, EspenEspen Kofstad Norway 72 76 69 69
Wang, JeunghunWang Jeung-hun South Korea 70 72 77 67
Vanzyl, JacoJaco van Zyl South Africa 71 74 70 71
47 Green, GavinGavin Green Malaysia 73 74 72 68 287 +3
T48 Chia, DannyDanny Chia Malaysia 73 70 76 69 288 +4
Lima, JosefilipeJosé-Filipe Lima Portugal 70 70 77 71
T50 Vegas, JhonattanJhonattan Vegas Venezuela 72 76 71 70 289 +5
Chawrasia, ShivShiv Chawrasia India 71 71 69 78
Li, HaotongLi Haotong China 70 73 71 75
53 Tabuena, MiguelMiguel Tabuena Philippines 73 75 73 70 291 +7
54 Katayama, ShingoShingo Katayama Japan 74 75 77 66 292 +8
T55 Quesne, JulienJulien Quesne France 71 79 72 71 293 +9
Stone, BrandonBrandon Stone South Africa 75 72 71 75
57 Lahiri, AnirbanAnirban Lahiri India 74 73 75 72 294 +10
58 Siddikur RahmanSiddikur Rahman Bangladesh 75 70 75 75 295 +11
59 Gouveia, RicardoRicardo Gouveia Portugal 73 68 76 80 297 +13
WD Lin, WentangLin Wen-tang Chinese Taipei 77 77 WD WD 154 +12

WD = Withdrawn

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