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Golf At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Individual
The men's golf tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Golf Course (), 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. It was the first gold medal for Great Britain (which had previously earned silver and bronze in 1900) and first medal of any color for Sweden, making its debut in the event. Matt Kuchar of the United States was one stroke behind Stenson and won the bronze medal. This put the American podium streak at 3 Games—and 116 years—long. The tournament carried Official World Golf Ranking points. 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. Background The first Olympic golf tournaments took place at ...
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Olympic Golf Course
The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Golf Course () is a golf course built for the golf tournaments of the 2016 Summer Olympics, within the Marapendi Natural Reserve in the Barra da Tijuca zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The golf course was designed by Gil Hanse and the clubhouse chosen by competition, won by Pedro Évora and Pedro Rivera, from the Brazilian officRua Arquitetos Golf returned to the Olympics in 2016 after more than a century, last played in 1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ..., and featured two events, the men's and women's individual events. After the Summer Olympics ended, the golf course was opened to the public. The golf course has become a host to junior golf tournaments and introductory days to novice golfers. Scorecard (metres) Score ...
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Alex Čejka
Alexander Čejka (born 2 December 1970) is a Czech-German professional golfer. Čejka was born in Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia. He left the country with his parents as a refugee at the age of nine, eventually settling in Munich, where he lived for many years, becoming a West German citizen. Čejka lives in Las Vegas and also has a home in Prague. Professional career Čejka turned professional in 1989 and played on the European Tour from 1992 to 2002. His biggest tournament win was the Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía at Islantilla Golf Club in 1995. That year he came 6th on the European Tour's Order of Merit. Since 2003 he played mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour. In 2003 he reached as high as No. 33 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Čejka took a five-shot lead into the final round of the 2009 Players Championship after rounds of 66, 67 and 72. He shot a 42 on the front nine, however, en route to a 79 and an eight-stroke loss to Henrik Stenson. He represe ...
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Pádraig Harrington
Pádraig Peter Harrington (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. He has won three men's major golf championships, major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 Open Championship, 2007 and 2008 Open Championship, 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008 PGA Championship, 2008. He spent over 300 weeks in List of male golfers who have been in the world top 10, the top-10 of the world rankings, and reached a career-high ranking of the third spot in July 2008. Harrington was a member of six consecutive Ryder Cup teams between 1999 and 2010. In 2024, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Background Harrington was born in Dublin, Ireland, the youngest of five sons of Patrick and Breda Harrington. His father, Paddy Harrington, "Paddy" (1933–2005), a Garda Síochána, Garda who played Gaelic football for Cork GAA, Cork in the 1950s, was also a boxing, boxer and hurling, hurler, and pl ...
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Mikko Ilonen
Mikko Ilonen (born 18 December 1979) is a retired Finland, Finnish professional golfer who played on the European Tour, winning five times. He is considered to be the most successful golfer from Finland. Career Ilonen was born in Lahti, Finland. He won the 2000 The Amateur Championship, Amateur Championship, and turned pro in 2001. He played mainly on the European Tour, where he won five events. He won his first professional tournament at the 2007 Indonesia Open (golf), Indonesia Open, an event co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Asian Tour. He was the first Finn to win a European Tour event and to feature in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. In June 2013, Ilonen won the Nordea Masters event in Sweden for the second time in his career and third tour level victory overall. In June 2014, Ilonen won the Irish Open (golf), Irish Open at Fota Island in Cork. Ilonen led the tournament from start to finish and ended up one shot clear of Italian Edoardo Molinari. Ilone ...
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Emiliano Grillo
Hector Emiliano Grillo ( or ; born 14 September 1992) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2015 Frys.com Open (California), Frys.com Open and 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge on the PGA Tour. Early years and amateur career In his youth, Grillo was quarter-finalist at the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur. He got the 2009 Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award. Professional career Grillo turned professional in 2011 and earned playing status on the European Tour via Qualifying School. He finished 10th in his first event, the 2012 Africa Open. He finished 94th in the 2012 European Tour Order of Merit and 89th in 2013. In February 2014, Grillo had his best finish to date on the European Tour, when he finished runner-up behind Stephen Gallacher at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Later in the season he finished 8th at the BMW International Open and the BMW Masters, and 11th at the Turkish Airlines Open. He ended 44th on the European Tour Race to Dubai. He ...
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David Lingmerth
David Thomas Lingmerth (born 22 July 1987) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Early life Lingmerth was born and grew up in Tranås in the province of Småland, Sweden, and is son of Thomas and Birgitta Lingmerth. He began playing golf at the local club, Tranås Golf Club, which he has represented through his career. Lingmerth won his age level category (15) at the unofficial Swedish Youth Championship, Bankboken Cup, at Falun-Borlänge Golf Club, one stroke ahead of Henrik Norlander, who also came to be a PGA Tour player. Amateur career In January 2008, Lingmerth won the 2007 edition of the Dixie Amateur Championship at Palm Aire Country Club in Sarasota, Florida, beating, among others, future professional world number one Brooks Koepka, who finished 11 strokes behind Lingmerth. Lingmerth represented Sweden twice at the European Amateur Team Championship. On home soil at Österåker Golf Club in Stockholm 2010, with Henrik Norlander among Lingmerths ...
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Jaco Van Zyl
Jaco Phillipus van Zyl (born 23 February 1979) is a professional golfer from South Africa. Early life and amateur career Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur in 2000. Professional career In 2001, Van Zyl turned professional. He immediately joined the Sunshine Tour. He won for the first time on the tour at the Platinum Classic in 2005. In 2007, van Zyl played on the PGA Tour, having gained his card at the 2006 qualifying school. He made the 36-hole cut only four times in 21 tournaments during his rookie season and finished 227th on the money list. In 2009, van Zyl recorded the biggest win of his career at the Telkom PGA Championship and went on to win twice more during the season and finish in 4th place on the Order of Merit. Having won four more tournaments on the Sunshine Tour in 2010, Van Zyl ended the year by finishing in 5th place at the final stage of the European Tour's qualifying school to earn his place on European Tour for the 2011 sea ...
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Séamus Power (golfer)
Séamus Edmond Power (born 4 March 1987) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. His notable achievements include winning the 2021 Barbasol Championship and the 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Early life and amateur career Power was born in Waterford, Ireland, and has two elder brothers, twins Jack and Willie. Power's mother Philomena died when he was eight years old, leaving his father Ned, a small farmer from Tooraneena, to provide for the family. Power was an ambidextrous hurler during his youth, and started playing golf at West Waterford Golf Club when he was 12. Ned later started an additional job as a welder at Boston Scientific to allow Power to travel to junior golf tournaments across Ireland. Power was recruited to play college golf at East Tennessee State University where he won five times including the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in 2007 and 2010. Professional career After graduating from ETSU, Power played on mini-tours while ...
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Thorbjørn Olesen
Jacob Thorbjørn Olesen (born 21 December 1989) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won eight times including the 2016 Turkish Airlines Open and the 2018 Italian Open. He has also won two important pairs events, representing Denmark; the 2016 World Cup of Golf with Søren Kjeldsen and the 2017 GolfSixes with Lucas Bjerregaard. Professional career Olesen turned professional in 2008. He finished in fourth place on the third tier Nordic League rankings in 2009, having won three tournaments, to graduate to Europe's second tier Challenge Tour for 2010. During his début season he claimed his first Challenge Tour title at The Princess, held in Sweden at the beginning of July. He finished third in the 2010 Challenge Tour ranking, earning him full exemption (category 10b) for the 2011 European Tour. In December 2010, Olesen tied for second place at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, the first tournament of the 2011 European Tour season. ...
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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 briefly served as his caddie. Mike "Fluff" Cowan now caddies for Pan. College career Pan played co ...
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Fabián Gómez
Fabián Eduardo Gómez (born 27 October 1978) is an Argentine professional golfer who has played on a number of the world's golf tours including the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, PGA Tour Latinoamérica and the Tour de las Américas. Career Gómez was born in Resistencia, Argentina. He has had three wins on the Tour de las Americas, in addition to three other wins on the Argentine TPG Tour. He placed second at the Chaco Open in 2006, the TLA Players Championship in 2006 and the Venezuela Open in 2007. He won TPG Tour Ranking in 2009. Gómez won his first Nationwide Tour event at the 2010 Chitimacha Louisiana Open with a six stroke victory over the field which culminated in a final round 64. He finished the year 12th on the money list to earn his 2011 PGA Tour card. In 2011, Gómez played in 26 events with his best finish being a T7 at the Puerto Rico Open, his only top 10 that year. is other best results included a T15 at the St. Jude Classic and a T18 at the Viking Classic on ...
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Danny Lee (golfer)
Danny Jin-Myung Lee (; born 24 July 1990) is a New Zealand professional golfer. Lee was born in Incheon, South Korea, and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight. He became a New Zealand citizen on 2 September 2008 in Rotorua, where he attended Rotorua Boys' High School. Amateur career Lee became the youngest ever winner of the U.S. Amateur in August 2008, aged 18 years and one month, six months younger than Tiger Woods when he won in 1994. His age record was broken the following year by 17-year-old An Byeong-hun. He became number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking on 20 August 2008 and remained number one until he turned pro in April 2009. He was awarded the 2008 Mark H. McCormack Medal on 27 August. In October 2008, Lee represented New Zealand at the Eisenhower Trophy in Adelaide, Australia. A final round 11-over 84 saw him finish T37 in the individual standings. The New Zealand team finished tied for 11th. In February 2009, Lee won the Johnnie Walker Classic in Pe ...
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