Despite only having three U.S. representatives in golf at the 1900 Paris Games, it was American Charles Sands (left) who took home the gold. Sands also took part in the tennis competition that year and returned to the 1908 Olympics in London as a participant in the jeu de paume (court tennis, the precursor to modern tennis) tournament, where he did not place for a medal.
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Golf In The Olympics

Golf's Olympic History

With the 2012 London Games upon us, and with golf set to return at Rio in 2016, we take a look back at the sport's sometimes dubious history at the Olympics
By 
Derek Evers