After 112 long years away from the Olympics, golf returned in Rio in 2016 so this year in Paris will be the third event in its return to the Games.
It’s still ranked behind the Majors and the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup in terms of importance, but it’s becoming an increasingly big target for players to represent their countries in the pursuit of Olympic gold.
Justin Rose and Inbee Park won the first gold medals on golf’s Olympic return in Rio, while after winning in Tokyo last time out Xander Schauffele and Nelly Korda head to Paris as defending champions.
And after crowd numbers were limited in Brazil by Zika virus and then almost non existent in Tokyo during Covid, this Olympic golf event should be the best yet with full fans back involved at a Ryder Cup venue.
Here’s the main details for the 2024 Olympic golf event such as the schedule, medal dates, venue information, lowdown on the field and how you can watch the action unfold.
Olympic golf schedule and tee times
The men will kick-off the Olympic golf schedule with a usual Thursday-to-Sunday tournament, with a short gap before the women’s event starts the following Wednesday.
Tee times for every day of both the men and the women begin at 9am local time, that’s 3am Eastern Time in the United States and 8am BST in the UK.
| Thursday 1 August | First Round |
| Friday 2 August | Second Round |
| Saturday 3 August | Third Round |
| Sunday 4 August | Final Round |
| Wednesday 7 August | First Round |
| Thursday 8 August | Second Round |
| Friday 9 August | Third Round |
| Saturday 10 August | Final Round |
Olympic golf format
To the dismay of some, there’s just two 72-hole strokeplay events on show in Paris, with golf organisers decided against adding any team, mixed team or matchplay elements.
So the Olympic golf format will be a familiar one for regular golf fans with it being the same as most events on the regular tours – with just a limited field.
Many of the best players in the game will compete at each, with eight of the world’s top 10 men and a similarly top-class women’s field including World No.1s Korda and Scottie Scheffler.
Both the men’s and women’s fields consist of just 60 players rather than the usual 150+ for regular PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events, and that means…
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