Golf at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Golf at the XVII Pan American Games
Golf pictogram.svg
Venue Angus Glen Golf Club
Dates July 16–19, 2015
Competitors 63 from 20 nations
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Golf at the
2015 Pan American Games
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Singles   men   women  
Team   mixed

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]

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 has a capacity of 2,000 people.[4]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the golf competitions:[5]


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

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Colombia 3 0 0 3
2  United States 0 2 0 2
3  Argentina 0 1 1 2
4  Chile 0 0 1 1
4  Paraguay 0 0 1 1
Total 3 3 3 9

Medalists

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

Participating nations

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

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Qualification

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A total of 64 athletes (32 men and 32 women) qualified to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of two athletes per gender. As host nation, Canada automatically qualified a full team of four athletes. 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.[6]

Brooke Henderson, one of Canada's women entries, withdrew several weeks prior to the Games and was not replaced,[7] 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

References

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