# Olympic Golf · Golf Level 10: Professional

Golf · Level 10: Professional · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/golf/level-10/olympic-golf/)

Olympic Golf in Golf (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: golf's olympic history; the format; the medallists.

Golf at the Olympics: its early history and return, the format, the medallists, and the venues.

## Test 1: Golf's Olympic history

- Then not for 112 years. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Men's and women's events were held. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- The first American woman to win an Olympic event. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- At Glen Echo Country Club. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- He was 46 at the time. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- After a vote by the IOC in 2009. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Only one player was left entered for 1908. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- 1900, 1904, 2016 and 2021. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- The vote came in 2009. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Designed by Gil Hanse. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))

## Test 2: The format

- Separate men's and women's events. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Smaller than a normal tour field. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Based on the world rankings. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Otherwise two at most. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- They play for medals. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Recognised by the IOC. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Each event was for individuals. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Ties for a medal go to a play-off. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Four is the most any country can have. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Tokyo's men's bronze needed a seven-player play-off. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))

## Test 3: The medallists

- England's first Olympic golf champion. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Two shots behind Rose. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- The Games were played in 2021. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- One shot clear. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- With a final round of 62. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- C.T. Pan of Chinese Taipei won it. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- In Rio in 2016, by five shots. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Rio, Tokyo and Paris. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Rio, Tokyo and Paris. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- A full set over Rio, Tokyo and Paris. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))

## Test 4: Venues and legacy

- North-west of Tokyo. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Built on old sand-mining land. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- In the west of the city. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- They kept the name Tokyo 2020. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Home of the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Olympic status can unlock government funding. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- At its session in Copenhagen. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- 2016, 2021, 2024 and 2028. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- Rio's course held a test event before the Games. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))
- The Ryder Cup in 2018 and the Olympics in 2024. (Source: International Golf Federation and Olympic results (IOC))

Sources: Major championship, tour, team competition and Olympic records (Augusta National, USGA, PGA of America, The R&A, PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, LET, IGF, IOC), the world rankings and the World Golf Hall of Fame; only settled facts used as keys; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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