Golf at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The in the French capital Paris as part of the World's Fair ( Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Paris) discharged International competitions for Physical Education and Sport ( Concours Internationaux d' Exercices et de Physique Sports) included two competitions in golf. The International Olympic Committee (IOC ) these competitions arranged the program of the Olympic Games to 1900 ( Games of the II Olympiad ).

Golf was at that time a high in the social circles and make the nobility respected sport. Even if the former golf tournaments already cash prizes were announced, the players were all as amateurs, because no one had to earn his living. Thus, to understand that in 1912 the IOC had taken to document the history of the first five Olympic Games, the decisions to consider golf as an Olympic sport at the time.

Already in 1810 the first golf tournament was held only for women, and 33 years before the Olympic Games 1900 there were already the first pure Ladies Golf Club. It was therefore no wonder if you have a competition held in Paris, only for women. For the history of the Olympic Games, it was nevertheless a significant event.

The competitions were held between the 2nd and 4th of October. Venue was the golf course in the Société du Sport in Compiegne, a town 80 km north of Paris. The facility had 9 holes. The significance which had attached to this golf tournament organizers, has also been expressed with the award of the awards. As the only competition the winner or the winner was honored with a gold plaque. The runner- up to the Fifth received a gold, a silver, a silver and a bronze plaque. The participants were a total of 22 male and female players from four nations at the two competitions.

  • 2.1 Single

Singles

Date: October 2 and October 4

Four rounds have been played, thus a total of 36 holes.

The winner, Charles Sands, also participated in the tennis tournament, left there but in each case in the first round.

Women

Singles

Date: October 3,

It was only played one round, thus a total of 9 holes.

At the tournament also took Mary Abbot in part, she was the mother of the winner Margaret Abbot and finished 7th.

In some publications, the Second, Pauline Whittier, given as Swiss. Although they belonged to the St. Moritz Golf Club, but had the American citizenship and was only for training in Switzerland, then returned back to the United States.

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