Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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| Golf at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games | |
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| Venue | Hurlingham Club |
| Dates | 9–15 October 2018 |
| No. of events | 3 (1 men's, 1 women's, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 64 from 33 nations |
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Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held at the Hurlingham Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 9 to 15 October 2018.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a team of 2 athletes of 1 male and 1 female. As hosts, Argentina was given a team to compete and a further 5 teams of 2 athletes was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 26 teams were decided by adding the ranking place of the top ranked eligible male and female golfers on the World Amateur Golf Rankings released on 25 July 2018. The 26 NOCs with the lowest combined rankings qualified.[1]
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, all athletes must be amateur golfers who hold a recognised handicap index not exceeding 6.4.[1]
| Event | Date | Total places | Qualified nations |
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| Host nation | – | 1 |  Argentina |
| Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings | 25 July 2018 | 26 |  United States Sweden Thailand Ireland Spain China Denmark Great Britain Italy Canada Germany Australia South Korea (men's only) Japan Mexico New Zealand Chinese Taipei France Finland Philippines Norway Austria Netherlands Switzerland South Africa Belgium |
| Tripartite invitation[2] | – | 4 |  Iceland Nigeria Papua New Guinea Saint Lucia United Arab Emirates |
| Reallocation | – | 2 |  Czech Republic Indonesia (women's only) |
| Total: 33 NOCs |
