Golf at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies, was first played in 1991 with the Ladies competitions starting in 1997. It has now become a regular sport in the Island Games.
Individual competitions
- Men – a maximum of 4 amateur competitors per Member Island
- Ladies – a maximum of 4 amateur competitors per Member Island
Team events
- Men – a maximum of 4 amateur competitors and a minimum of 3 amateur competitors per Member Island.
- Ladies – a maximum of 4 amateur competitors and a minimum of 3 amateur competitors per Member Island
Minimum age – 13[1]
Events
edit| Event | IV 1991 |
V 1993 |
VI | VII 1997 |
VIII 1999 |
IX 2001 |
X 2003 |
XI 2005 |
XII 2007 |
XIII 2009 |
XIV 2011 |
XV 2013 |
XVI 2015 |
XVII 2017 |
XVIII | XIX 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Men's team | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Women's individual | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Women's team | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Top medalists
edit| Gold medals | Total medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Men's individual | 5 |  Isle of Man
|
11 | Isle of Man
|
| Men's team | 5 | Isle of Man
|
10 | Isle of Man  Jersey
|
| Women's individual | 4 |  Åland
|
10 | Jersey
|
| Women's team | 4 | Jersey
|
8 |  Gotland
|
Men's individual
edit| Year | Games | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | IV | Åland
|
Robert Eggo Guernsey
|
Michael Burns Jersey
|
Mark Harris Jersey
|
| 1993 | V |  Isle of Wight
|
David McToldridge Isle of Wight
|
Richard Harrop Jersey
|
 Ynys Môn Emyr Jones Guernsey Nigel Vaudin
|
| 1997 | VII | Jersey
|
James Birch Jersey
|
Kenneth Lindquist Åland
|
Richard Williamson Jersey
|
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland
|
Kenneth Lindquist Åland
|
Robert Eggo Guernsey
|
Andrew Boxall Jersey
|
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man
|
Kevin Moore Isle of Man
|
Allyn Laing Isle of Man
|
Andrew Challenor Isle of Man
|
| 2003 | X | Guernsey
|
Robert Eggo Guernsey
|
Mick Marley Guernsey
|
Guernsey Stephen Mahy Isle of Man Andrew Challenor Isle of Man Kevin Moore
|
| 2005 | XI |  Shetland
|
Kevin Moore Isle of Man
|
Robert Eggo Guernsey
|
Andrew Fraser Hunt Bermuda
|
| 2007 | XII |  Rhodes
|
William Haddrell Bermuda
|
Mark Bell Isle of Wight
|
Nicholas Mansell Bermuda
|
| 2009 | XIII | Åland
|
Jarryd Dillas Bermuda
|
David Jones Isle of Man
|
Daniel Augustus Bermuda
|
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight
|
Paul Lowey Isle of Man
|
Brandon Robinson-Thompson Isle of Wight
|
Damian Palanyandi Bermuda
|
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda
|
Gavin O'Neill Jersey
|
Jarryd Dillas Bermuda
|
Johan Lindholm Åland
|
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey
|
Tom Harris Isle of Man[2]
|
Gavin O'Neill Jersey
|
Robert Eggo Guernsey[3]
|
| 2017 | XVII | Gotland
|
Alex McAuley Isle of Man
|
Tom Harris Isle of Man
|
Colin Daly Gotland
|
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey
|
Josef Hacker Jersey
|
Jamie Blondel Guernsey
|
Jeremy Nicolle Guernsey
|
Men's team event
edit| Year | Games | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | IV | Åland
|
Jersey
|
Guernsey
|
Åland
|
| 1993 | V | Isle of Wight
|
Jersey
|
Guernsey
|
Ynys Môn
|
| 1997 | VII | Jersey
|
Jersey
|
Gotland
|
Isle of Man
|
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland
|
Åland
|
Gotland
|
Jersey
|
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man
|
Isle of Man
|
Jersey
|
Guernsey
|
| 2003 | X | Guernsey
|
Guernsey
|
Isle of Man
|
Jersey
|
| 2005 | XI | Shetland
|
Isle of Man
|
Guernsey
|
Bermuda
|
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes
|
Bermuda
|
Isle of Man
|
Åland
|
| 2009 | XIII | Åland
|
Bermuda
|
Isle of Man
|
Jersey
|
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight
|
Isle of Man
|
Isle of Wight
|
Guernsey[4]
|
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda
|
Bermuda
|
IOW
|
Jersey
|
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey
|
Isle of Man[2]
|
Guernsey[3]
|
Bermuda
|
| 2017 | XVII | Gotland
|
Isle of Man
|
Jersey
|
Gotland
|
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey
|
Guernsey
|
Jersey
|
Isle of Man
|
Women's individual
edit| Year | Games | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | VII | Jersey
|
Jenny Deeley Jersey
|
Lynne Cummins Jersey
|
Gloria Paradiso Jersey
|
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland
|
Lynne Cummins Jersey
|
Victoria Leffler Gotland
|
Anna-Karin Salmén Åland
|
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man
|
Anna-Karin Salmén Åland
|
Irene Tait Shetland [5]
|
Therese Ahx Isle of Man
|
| 2003 | X | Guernsey
|
Anna-Karin Salmén Åland
|
Sophie Beardsall Isle of Wight
|
Tanya Jansson Åland
|
| 2005 | XI | Shetland
|
Laura Robinson Bermuda
|
Ebonie Burgess Bermuda
|
Sophie Beardsell Isle of Wight
|
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes
|
Laura Robinson Bermuda
|
Olivia Jordan-Higgins Jersey
|
Sara Larsson Gotland
|
| 2009 | XIII | Åland
|
Jenny Häggblom Åland
|
Olivia Jordan-Higgins Jersey
|
Samantha Widmer Cayman Islands
|
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight
|
Sara Larsson Gotland
|
Emma Powell Isle of Wight
|
Sophie Beardsall Isle of Wight
|
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda
|
Lina Billing Gotland
|
Aimee Ponte Guernsey
|
Samantha Widmer Cayman Islands
|
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey
|
Aimee Ponte Guernsey[3]
|
Flora Keites Jersey[3]
|
Jennifer Deeley Jersey
|
| 2017 | XVII | Gotland
|
Emma Lindman Åland
|
Flora Keites Jersey
|
Sophie Beardsall Isle of Wight
|
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey
|
Ebonie Cox Bermuda
|
Flora Keites Jersey
|
Christella Winzell Gotland
|
Women's team event
edit| Year | Games | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | VII | Jersey
|
Jersey
|
Isle of Wight
|
Guernsey
|
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland
|
Gotland
|
Jersey
|
Isle of Man
|
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man
|
Åland
|
Guernsey
|
Gotland
|
| 2003 | X | Guernsey
|
Åland
|
Guernsey
|
Isle of Wight
|
| 2005 | XI | Shetland
|
Shetland[5]
|
Bermuda
|
Isle of Wight
|
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes
|
Jersey
|
Gotland
|
Bermuda
|
| 2009 | XIII | Åland
|
Bermuda
|
Åland
|
Gotland
|
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight
|
Isle of Wight
|
Gotland
|
Guernsey[4]
|
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda
|
Guernsey
|
Isle of Wight
|
Gotland
|
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey
|
Jersey[3]
|
Isle of Man
|
Guernsey[3]
|
| 2017 | XVII | Gotland
|
Gotland
|
Isle of Wight
|
Jersey
|
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey
|
Jersey
|
Bermuda
|
Gotland
|
References
edit- ^ "IIGA bylaws" (PDF). IIGA.
- ^ a b "Island takes team and individual events". isleofmangolf. Archived from the original on 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ a b c d e f "Island Games 2015: Jersey's Constable wins badminton medals". BBC Sport.
- ^ a b "Two medals for Guernsey's golfers". BBC.
- ^ a b "Shetland Medals for Golf". siga.org.uk.