2024 Olympics Golf playoff format: Rules and all you need to know

At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, golf fans will be treated to some great action featuring the biggest names in the sport. While the men's golf will begin on August 1 and conclude on August 4, the women will play between August 7th and August 10th. This action will take place at the Le National Golf course in Paris, France.

Ahead of the 2024 Olympics, golf fans have several questions related to the tournament. One such question is about the playoff format and rules. After four rounds of golf, if two or more players finish at the top of the leaderboard, then those players will play an additional playoff hole to break the tie.

In case the players are tied after playing the first playoff hole, then a second playoff hole will be played. This shall continue until a winner is crowned. The playoff rule mentioned above is not only applicable to a gold medal, but also to golfers who could potentially be in contention for silver and bronze medals.

The last time golf at the Olympics witnessed a playoff situation was in 2021. At the time, C.T. Pan from Chinese Tapei played four holes to win the bronze medal in what was a seven-man showdown. It will be interesting to see if the 2024 Olympics features another playoff situation.

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A detailed look at the golfers who will be participating in the 2024 Olympics

Here is a detailed list of the countries and their golfers that will be participating at the 2024 Olympics:

• Argentina - Emiliano Grillo, Alejandro Tosti
• Australia - Jason Day, Min Woo Lee
• Austria - Sepp Straka
• Belgium - Thomas Detry, Adrien Dumont du Chassart
• Canada - Corey Conners, Nick Taylor
• Chile - Mito Periera, Joaquin Niemann
• China - Zecheng Dou, Carl Yuan
• Chinese Taipei - CT Pan, Kevin Yu
• Colombia - Nico Echevarria, Camillo Villages
• Denmark - Nicolai Hojgaard, Thorbjorn Olesen
• Finland - Sami Valimaki
• France - Matthieu Pavon, Victor Perez
• Germany - Stephan Jaeger, Matti Schmid
• Great Britain - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood
• India - Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubshankar Sharma
• Ireland - Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy
• Italy - Matteo Manassero, Guido Migliozzi
• Japan - Hideki Matsuyama, Keita Nakajima
• Malaysia - Gavin Green
• Mexico - Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz
• Netherlands - Darius van Driel, Joost Luiten
• New Zealand - Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier
• Norway - Viktor Hovland, Kris Ventura
• Paraguay - Fabrizio Zanotti
• Poland - Adrian Meronk
• Puerto Rico - Rafael Campos
• South Africa - Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Erik Van Rooyen
• South Korea - Byeong Hun An, Tom Kim
• Spain - Jon Rahm, David Puig
• Sweden - Ludvig Aberg, Alex Noren
• Thailand - Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Phachara Khongwatmai
• United States - Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler