After its last appearance in 1904, Olympic golf returned at Rio with men's and women's individual events. The return brought an old chapter of the sport into a new global era.
Golf last appeared at the Olympics in 1904. More than a century later, Rio restored it to the program with individual events for men and women.
The return put medals alongside golf's established championships. It also offered players from nations without long major-championship traditions another way to represent their countries on a global stage. Justin Rose and Inbee Park claimed the first Olympic golf gold medals of the new era.