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List Of Olympic Medalists In Golf ...
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in golf. Current program Men's individual Women's individual Discontinued event Men's team References {{Golf Golf * Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. Courses typically have either 18 or 9 ''holes'', regions of terrain that each contain a ''cup'', the hole that receives the ball. Each hole on a course contains a teeing ground to start from, and a putting green containing the cup. There are several standard forms of terrain between the tee and the green, such as the fairway, rough (tall grass), and various ''hazards'' such as water, rocks, or sand-filled ''bunkers''. Each hole on a course is unique in its specific layout. Golf is played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes in a complete round by an individual or team, k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Cheng-tsung
Pan Cheng-tsung (, born 12 November 1991), known professionally as C. T. Pan, is a Taiwanese professional golfer who currently competes on the PGA Tour. In 2019, Pan became just the second Taiwanese golfer to win on the PGA Tour. He has represented Taiwan as an amateur on the 2006 Eisenhower Trophy team, and then again in the 2014 tournament. He won two gold medals in golf – one individually and one for team play – at the 2014 Asian Games., represented Taiwan in the 2016 World Cup of Golf and played in the 2019 Presidents Cup for the international team. He won a bronze medal for Taiwan in the 2020 Olympics. Early and personal life Pan was born in Miaoli County, Taiwan. His father, a caddie who guided Pan into the sport, died in 2010. Pan was enrolled at the IMG Golf Academy for three years prior to attending the University of Washington. He is married to Michelle Lin, who is also now his caddie. College career Pan played college golf at the University of Washington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Sawyer
Daniel Edward "Ned" Sawyer (June 20, 1882 – July 5, 1937) was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 Sawyer was part of the American team that won the gold medal. He finished second in this competition. In the individual competition, he finished ninth in the qualification and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the match play. Sawyer won the 1906 Western Amateur after finishing runner-up in 1904 and finished runner-up in the 1905 U.S. Amateur The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August ov .... References External links Ned Sawyer at Sports-Reference.com* American male golfers Amateur golfers Golfers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in golf Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics 1882 births 1937 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Egan (golfer)
Walter Eugene Egan (June 2, 1881 – September 12, 1971) was an American golfer who competed in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Egan came to prominence in his teens when he was playing at Onwentsia Club and attending University School on the north side of Chicago. He helped University win the Preparatory League championship in 1899. The same year he astonished his elders by taking second to David Forgan in the Western Amateur. In 1902 he again took second in the event, this time to his cousin, Chandler Egan, H. Chandler Egan, but finally won the brass ring in 1903 when he got revenge on Chandler by beating him by one stroke. Egan was runner-up three times, including twice to his cousin Chandler. In 1901, Egan was the runner-up in the U.S. Amateur. Egan compete in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished 19th in this competition. In the Golf at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's individual, individual competition, he finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Smoot
Clement Eyer Smoot (April 7, 1884 – January 19, 1963) was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' .... In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished 6th in this competition. In the individual competition he finished 22nd in the qualification and was eliminated in the first round of the match play. Smoot was also a successful businessman as he founded an industrial lighting company called Smoot-Holman Electrical Company.https://olympics.com/en/athletes/clement-e-smoot References External linksClement Smoot at Sports-Reference American male golfers Amateur golfers Golfers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Edwards (golfer)
Kenneth Paine Edwards (March 9, 1886 – December 21, 1952) was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s .... In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished fifth in this competition. External links Kenneth Edwards' profile at databaseOlympics American male golfers Amateur golfers Golfers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in golf Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics 1886 births 1952 deaths {{US-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hunter (golfer)
Robert Edward Hunter (November 20, 1886 – March 28, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904, Hunter was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished fourth in this competition. In the individual competition he finished 14th in the qualification and was eliminated in the second round of the match play Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 h .... Hunter won the collegiate championship in 1910. References External links profile American male golfers Amateur golfers Golfers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in golf Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics 1886 births 1971 deaths {{US-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mone Inami
(born 29 July 1999) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 12 wins. Inami competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At those games, Inami shot a final round 65 and defeated Lydia Ko Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer. She first achieved the top ranking on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked ... in a sudden-death playoff to win a silver medal in women's individual, on home soil. Professional wins LPGA of Japan Tour wins (12) Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour. Summer Olympics (1) Singles: 1 (1 Silver Medal) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inami, Mone Japanese female golfers LPGA of Japan Tour golfers Olympic golfers of Japan Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in golf Medalists at the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Along with her sister Jessica Korda, she represented the United States at the 2019 Solheim Cup and 2021 Solheim Cup. Amateur career Korda was a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup. As an amateur, she won the 2015 Harter Hall Invitational, and the 2015 PING Invitational, and was a 2015 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American. She also made the cut at the 2013 U.S. Women's Open, one month before her 15th birthday. Professional career Korda began her pro career in 2016 on the Symetra Tour, where she won her first pro event at the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge after shooting rounds of 68-67-69-66 for a 3 stroke victory over Wichanee Meechai. She ended the season 9th on the money list, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanshan Feng
Shanshan Feng (, ; born 5 August 1989) is a Chinese former professional golfer who previously played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was the first player from China to become a member of the LPGA Tour, which she joined in 2008. Feng had 10 victories on the tour, including the 2012 LPGA Championship, a major title, in which she shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round to win by two strokes. She was the first player from China to win an LPGA major championship, as well as the first player from mainland China (male or female) to have won a major championship. Her best finish in 16 previous majors was a tie for 22nd at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. With the victory, she moved from tenth to fifth in the Women's World Golf Rankings. On 20 August 2016, Feng won the Olympic bronze medal in women's golf at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. From November 2017 to April 2018, she was first in the Women's World Golf Rankings. In August 2022, Feng announced her retirement fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Ko
Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer. She first achieved the top ranking on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf. Ko had much success from an early age holding many youngest accolades on the LPGA Tour. Until 2017, she is the youngest ever (age 15) to win an LPGA Tour event. In August 2013, she became the only amateur to win two LPGA Tour events. Upon winning The Evian Championship in France on 13 September 2015, she became the youngest woman, at age , to win a major championship. Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors, but she lowered that record with a 62 at the 2021 ANA Inspiration. She had previously won the ANA Inspiration on 3 April 2016 for her second consecutive major championship, where she also became the youngest player to win two women's major championships. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inbee Park
Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2013 to June 2014, October 2014 to February 2015, June 2015 to October 2015, and from April to July 2018. Park has won seven major championships in her career, including three consecutive major wins during the 2013 season, becoming only the fourth LPGA Tour player to win three majors in a calendar year. She is the youngest player to win the U.S. Women's Open and the second player, after Annika Sorenstam, to win the Women's PGA Championship three years in a row. Park is only the seventh player to win four different majors during her career and capture a career Grand Slam. In 2016, she won the first Olympic gold medal since 1900 in the women's individual tournament. Park has endorsement deals with KB Financial Group, Srixon, Panasonic, Lynx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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