At the 1904 Summer Olympics, two golf events were contested – men's individual and team tournaments. The competitions were held from September 17, 1904 to September 24, 1904. It was the second and final appearance of the sport at the Olympics until the 2016 Summer Olympics. The men's individual event was switched to a match play tournament rather than the stroke play used four years earlier.
| Golf at the Games of the III Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Glen Echo Country Club |
| Dates | September 17–24, 1904 |
Format
There were two golf events at the 1904 Olympic Games. The first was a team championship open to golf associations, and contested over 36 holes of stroke play by teams of ten amateur golfers with all scores counting towards the team total. It was followed by an individual event contested as a match play knockout by the leading 32 players following a 36-hole stroke play qualifying round, with each match played over 36 holes.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | George Lyon Canada | Chandler Egan United States | Burt McKinnie United States Francis Newton United States |
| Team | United States Western Golf Association Edward Cummins | United States Trans-Mississippi Golf Association John Cady | United States United States Golf Association Douglass Cadwallader |
Participating nations
A total of 77 golfers from 2 nations competed at the St. Louis Games:
- Canada (3)
- United States (74)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Sources
- International Olympic Committee results database
- George Seymour Lyon - Olympic Individual gold medal winner 1904
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2006.
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