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Olympic Golf Course

Olympic Golf Course
(Rio de Janeiro)
Golfe Rio 2016.jpg
The golf course as of December 2015
Club information
Coordinates 23°00′18″S 43°24′11″W / 23.005°S 43.403°W / -23.005; -43.403Coordinates: 23°00′18″S 43°24′11″W / 23.005°S 43.403°W / -23.005; -43.403
Location Reserva de Marapendi,
Barra da Tijuca,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Established 2016
Type Public (Post-Olympics)
Owned by City of Rio de Janeiro
Operated by Rio de Janeiro Olympics Organizing Committee
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted 2016 Summer Olympic Golf Tournaments
Website Rio 2016 Olympic venues
Designed by Gil Hanse
Par 71
Length Men: 6,516 m (7,128 yd)
Women: 5,711 m (6,245 yd)
Course record Men: 63 Marcus Fraser, Matt Kuchar (2016)
Women: 62 Maria Verchenova (2016)

The Rio de Janeiro Olympic Golf Course (Portuguese: Campo Olímpico de Golfe) is a new venue built for the golf tournaments of the 2016 Summer Olympics, within the Marapendi Natural Reserve in the Barra da Tijuca zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The golf course was designed by Gil Hanse and the clubhouse chosen by competition, won by Pedro Évora and Pedro Rivera, from the Brazilian office Rua Arquitetos.

Golf returned to the Olympics in 2016 after more than a century, last played in 1904, and featured two events, the men's and women's individual events.

After the Summer Olympics end, the golf course will be opened to the public.

Any discrepancy between metre and yard distances is due to round off error when converting from SI units to USC units.



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