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
Venue	Hurlingham Club
Dates	9–15 October
No. of events	3 (1 men's, 1 women's, 1 mixed)
Competitors	64 from 33 nations

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]

Event	Date	Total places	Qualified nations
Host nation	–	1	Argentina
Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings	25 July 2018	26	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)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	2	0	0	2
2	Thailand	1	0	0	1
3	United States	0	2	0	2
4	Italy	0	1	0	1
5	Argentina*	0	0	1	1
	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		3	3	3	9

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.

External links

• Official Results Book – Golf