MEDIA INFORMATION FOR COVERAGE OF THE MEN’S OLYMPIC GOLF COMPETITION

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, FRANCE (Thursday, 25 July 2024) – The International Golf Federation (IGF) appreciates and encourages coverage of the men’s and women’s Olympic golf competitions. Below is more information on assets available to the media to assist in these efforts.

MEDIA INFORMATION

The IGF will update media via email, as well as the tools listed below. To add additional email addresses to the IGF distribution list, please send an email to Tad Dickman.

During the men’s Olympic golf competition, media information will be updated daily on the IGF’s Dropbox page here. Additionally, media can access the various assets using the PGA TOUR’s media page here.

RIGHTS-FREE IMAGERY

The IGF provides rights-free imagery for media entities to use in print, digital and social media for editorial purposes of promoting the Olympic golf competitions.

Link to the IGF’s rights-free imagery: https://dam.igfdigital.com
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To access rights-free imagery of Le Golf National, the host venue for the Paris 2024 Olympic golf competitions, please click here.

RIGHTS-FREE DRONE FOOTAGE

The IGF is pleased to share rights-free, hole-by-hole drone footage of Le Golf National. Click here to access the Front Nine, Back Nine and full 18-hole flyover. Please note, the drone footage was captured prior to final preparations to the venue for the Olympic golf competitions.

Hole-by-hole pickles (imagery) can be found here.

A course map of Le Golf National can be found here.

PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

The pre-tournament press conference schedule for the men’s Olympic golf competition will be distributed in the following days. The first on-site press conference at Le Golf National is expected to take place on Monday, 29 July (afternoon).

TRANSCRIPTS

The IGF will provide transcripts from all pre-tournament press conferences, notable mixed zone quotes and the full transcript from the medalist press conferences.

The link to transcripts for the men’s Olympic golf competition can be found here.

PRE-TOURNAMENT NOTES

The IGF will distribute pre-tournament notes for the men’s Olympic golf competition on Tuesday, 30 July.

POST-ROUND NOTES

The IGF will provide post-round notes following each competition round. These notes will include notable statistics, biographical information on the leader(s), records broken, notable quotes, link to transcripts, etc. For any questions regarding the IGF’s post-round notes, please email Michael Baliker.

POST-ROUND GAME STORY

The IGF will provide a rights-free post-round game story following each competition round. The IGF encourages media outlets to utilise this game story in your publication, both in print and digitally. For any questions regarding the IGF’s post-round game stories, please email Lisa Antonucci.

OLYMPIC GOLF ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Please follow and engage with the IGF on social media at @OlympicGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.

The Olympic Golf social media channels will post the daily hole locations and weather as well as behind-the-scenes, off-course content with the athletes. If you are interested in utilizing content posted by the Olympic Golf channels for your own channels, please embed/amplify the content or reach out to Tad Dickman about securing the native files.

SCORECARDS

Link to the scorecard for the men’s Olympic golf competition.

Link to the scorecard for the women’s Olympic golf competition.

HOLE LOCATIONS

The hole locations will be posted in the IGF Dropbox account, on the PGA TOUR media site and on the @OlympicGolf social media channels. The links to these accounts can be found above.

OLYMPIC INFORMATION SERVICE (OIS) / MYINFO

OIS is a service of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) aimed at providing professional reporting and photography from Olympic and Paralympic events license-free for editorial use only.

To access the OIS service and the MYINFO page, which provides extensive supporting information about the Olympic golf competitions, Accredited Media can access by clicking here.

WOMEN’S OLYMPIC GOLF COMPETITION

Additional information on available assets for the women’s Olympic golf competition will be sent in advance of competition week.