Golf at the Pacific Games

Golf at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1969 when the sport was included as one of fifteen sports at the Third South Pacific Games held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1] Men's and women's tournaments are contested by teams of four golfers per country,[2] and medals are awarded for individual and team winners. Golf has also been included in many of the Pacific Mini Games, starting with the second edition held at Rarotonga in 1985.

Pacific Games

Flag icons indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. A dash (–) indicates an event that was not contested.

Games	Year	Host city	Men's		Women's		Refs
			Individual	Team	Individual	Team
III	1969	Port Moresby	John Wilkinson	Papua New Guinea	Jocelyn Munden	Papua New Guinea	[3][4] [5]
IV	1971	Papeete	John Wilkinson	Papua New Guinea	Jocelyn Munden	Papua New Guinea	[5][6]
V	1975	Tumon	John Keating	Papua New Guinea	Ismay Trevena	Papua New Guinea	[7][8]
VI	1979	Suva	Kundi Umba	Papua New Guinea	Kim Young	American Samoa	[9][10]
VII	1983	Apia	La'auli Tui	Western Samoa	Lisa Stone	American Samoa	[11]
VIII	1987	Nouméa	Vilikesa Kalou	Fiji	Tupito Walker	American Samoa	[12]
IX	1991	Port Moresby	August Peni	Papua New Guinea	Darrie Nightingale	Papua New Guinea	[13][upper-alpha 1]
X	1995	Papeete	Mukesh Chand	Fiji	Cristelle Cuzon	Tahiti	[15]
XI	1999	Santa Rita	Dewan Gopal	New Caledonia	Teresita Blair	Papua New Guinea	[16]
XII	2003	Suva	Loic Truet	New Caledonia	Gaelle Truet	New Caledonia	[17]
XIII	2007	Apia	Vaita Guilaume	Samoa	Christine Drabble	New Caledonia	[18]
XIV	2011 ()	Nouméa	Adrian Peres	New Caledonia	Charlotte Navarro	New Caledonia	[19]
XV	2015 ()	Port Moresby	Soti Dinki	Papua New Guinea	Kristine Seko	Papua New Guinea	[20]
XVI	2019 ()	Apia	Scheduled for 10–14 July 2019

Pacific Mini Games

Games	Year	Host city	Men's		Women's		Refs
			Individual	Team	Individual	Team
I		Not contested
II	1985	Rarotonga	X	X	X	X
III	1989	Nuku'alofa	X	X	X	X
IV	1993	Port Vila	X	X	X	X
V	1997	Pago Pago	X	X	X	X
VI	2001	Kingston	X	X	X	X
VII		Not contested
VIII	2009	Rarotonga	Kirk Tuaiti	Cook Islands	Elmay Viking	Cook Islands	[upper-alpha 2]
IX		Not contested
X	2017	Port Vila	Guillaume Castagne	New Caledonia	Emillie Ricaud	New Caledonia	[upper-alpha 3]

See also

• Golf at the Summer Olympics

Notes

1. PNG won gold in all four golf events in 1991.[14]
2. Host country Cook Islands won all four gold medals in 2009.[21]
3. New Caledonia swept all four gold medals in 2017.[22][23][24]

References

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24. "Women's Golf Results – Final" (PDF). Pacific Games. 9 December 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 December 2017.