Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's individual


The men's golf tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Golf Course, built within the Reserva de Marapendi in the Barra da Tijuca zone, between 11 and 14 August 2016. It was the first such tournament in 112 years.
Sixty players took part in four rounds of stroke play. Justin Rose of Great Britain won the gold medal by two strokes over silver medalist Henrik Stenson of Sweden. Matt Kuchar of the United States was one stroke behind Stenson and won the bronze medal.
The tournament carried Official World Golf Ranking points. Rose went from 12th to 9th in the rankings as a result while Stenson went from 5th to 4th and Kuchar went from 20th to 15th.

Participating nations

Each country qualified from one to four athletes based on World Rankings.
North America South America Europe Oceania Asia Africa

Results

First round

Thursday, 11 August 2016
Marcus Fraser of Australia recorded nine birdies on his way to a round of 63 and a three-shot lead. Justin Rose of Great Britain became the first player to make a hole-in-one at the Games.
RankPlayerNationalityScoreTo par
1Marcus Fraser63−8
T2Graham DeLaet66−5
T2Henrik Stenson66−5
T4Thomas Pieters67−4
T4Grégory Bourdy67−4
T4Alex Čejka67−4
T4Justin Rose67−4
T4Rafael Cabrera-Bello67−4
T9An Byeong-hun68−3
T9Nicolas Colsaerts68−3

Second round

Friday, 12 August 2016
Marcus Fraser of Australia carded four birdies and two bogeys for a round of 69 and saw his lead reduced to one shot.
RankPlayerNationalityScoreTo par
1Marcus Fraser63-69=132−10
2Thomas Pieters67-66=133−9
3Henrik Stenson66-68=134−8
T4Grégory Bourdy67-69=136−6
T4Justin Rose67-69=136−6
T6Rafael Cabrera-Bello67-70=137−5
T6Graham DeLaet66-71=137−5
T6Danny Lee72-65=137−5
T6Fabián Gómez70-67=137−5
T10Pan Cheng-tsung69-69=138−4
T10Thorbjørn Olesen70-68=138−4
T10Alex Čejka67-71=138−4
T10Séamus Power71-67=138−4

Third round

Saturday, 13 August 2016
Rose fired a 65 including two eagles to take a one-shot lead over world number five Henrik Stenson into the final round. South Africa's Jaco van Zyl, meanwhile, made a hole in one of his own at the 8th.
RankPlayerNationalityScoreTo par
1Justin Rose67-69-65=201−12
2Henrik Stenson66-68-68=202−11
3Marcus Fraser63-69-72=204−9
T4Bubba Watson73-67-67=207−6
T4David Lingmerth69-70-68=207−6
T4Emiliano Grillo70-69-68=207−6
T7Mikko Ilonen73-69-66=208−5
T7Pádraig Harrington70-71-67=208−5
T7Matt Kuchar69-70-69=208−5
T7Grégory Bourdy67-69-72=208−5
T7Rafael Cabrera-Bello67-70-71=208−5

Final round

Sunday, 14 August 2016
Rose and Stenson continued to battle in the final group of the day and were tied at −15 going to the 18th. Rose then produced a backspin approach that left him with a 2.5-foot putt, and Stenson underhit his approach and eventually three-putted for bogey, leaving Rose with two putts to win the gold. He made the first for birdie to secure the win, becoming the first golfer to win Olympic gold in 112 years.
It was Rose's first tournament win in 10 months, having won the UBS Hong Kong Open the previous October. American Matt Kuchar, who had entered the final round tied for seventh, shot a 63 to take bronze.
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7777

WD = Withdrawn