A total of three events were contested: an individual competition for men and women plus a mixed team competition. A total of 64 golfers (32 per gender) qualified to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games.[2]
Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for the golf competitions:
A total of 64 golfers (32 per gender) qualified to compete. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 4 athletes (two per gender). The host nation, Peru, automatically qualified the maximum number of athletes (4). The rest of the spots were awarded across the Official World Golf Ranking and Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 7, 2019. Any remaining spots were allocated using the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 9, 2019.[2]
^"Pan American Schedule"(PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.