Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games

Golf competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 16 to 19 at the Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham.[1] A total three golf events were held: a singles event for men and women, along with a mixed team event.[2] Golf made its debut at the Pan American Games, after the sport was added to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games
Golf pictogram for the games
VenueAngus Glen Golf Club
DatesJuly 16–19
No. of events3 (1 men, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors63 from 20 nations
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Colombia swept all three gold medals.[4]

Venue

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The Angus Glen Golf Club, in Markham, was the venue for the golf competitions.

The competitions took place at the Angus Glen Golf Club's south course located in the city of Markham, about 35 kilometres from the athletes village. The course had a capacity of 2,000 people.[5]

Competition schedule

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The following is the competition schedule for the golf competitions:[6]

R1 Round 1 R2 Round 2 R3 Round 3 R4 Round 4/Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19
Men's individual R1 R2 R3 R4
Women's individual R1 R2 R3 R4
Mixed team R1 R2 R3 R4

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Colombia3003
2  United States0202
3  Argentina0112
4  Chile0011
  Paraguay0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
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Marcelo Rozo
  Colombia
Tomás Cocha
  Argentina
Felipe Aguilar
  Chile
Women's individual
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Mariajo Uribe
  Colombia
Andrea Lee
  United States
Julieta Granada
  Paraguay
Mixed team
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  Colombia
Mateo Gómez
Paola Moreno
Marcelo Rozo
Mariajo Uribe
  United States
Kristen Gillman
Beau Hossler
Andrea Lee
Lee McCoy
  Argentina
Tomás Cocha
Manuela Carbajo Re
Delfina Acosta
Alejandro Tosti

Participating nations

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A total of 20 countries had qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification

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A total of 64 athletes (32 men and 32 women) qualified to compete at the games. A nation could enter a maximum of two golfers per gender. As host nation, Canada automatically qualified a full team of four golfers. All other athletes qualified through the Official World Golf Ranking and Women's World Golf Rankings (and if necessary) the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 28, 2015 and April 30, 2015, respectively. All nations qualifying in the men's and women's singles events also qualified for the mixed team event.[7]

Brooke Henderson, one of Canada's women entries, withdrew several weeks prior to the Games and was not replaced,[8] leaving 31 women and 63 total competitors.

Of the 32 men entered, five were professionals: Tommy Cocha (Argentina), Adilson da Silva (Brazil), Felipe Aguilar and Mark Tullo (Chile), Marcelo Rozo (Colombia). For the women, six were professionals: Lorie Kane (Canada), Mariajo Uribe and Paola Moreno (Colombia), Margarita Ramos (Mexico), Julieta Granada (Paraguay), Veronica Felibert (Venezuela).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. August 18, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "Golf". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  3. ^ Degun, Tom (February 13, 2013). "Golf to make Pan Am Games debut at Toronto 2015 as 36 sports confirmed on programme". insidethegames.biz. Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  4. ^ Thompson, Robert (20 July 2015). "Colombia sweeps golf's reintroduction at Pan Am Games". Global News. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Angus Glen Golf Club". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on August 27, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. April 20, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  7. ^ "Sport Technical Manual Golf". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  8. ^ Zelkovich, Chris (July 10, 2015). "Brooke Henderson's withdrawal puts Lorie Kane in Pan Am Games golf spotlight". Yahoo Sports Canada.