What is playoff format for golf at 2024 Paris Olympics?

This summer's Olympic golf competition at Le Golf National outside Paris is contested across four rounds of stroke play on both the men's (Aug. 1-4) and women's (Aug. 8-10) sides. One of Olympic golf's unique traits: any ties within the top three will be determined via a sudden-death playoff. Also unique is that multiple playoffs, if applicable, will be conducted in separate hole rotations.

If two or more players within the top three (medal position) finish with the same 72-hole score, those players will compete in a sudden-death playoff to break the tie. If two or more players remain tied after the first playoff hole, a second playoff hole will be contested, and so on, until the tie is broken. This will continue until all three medalists (gold, silver and bronze) are determined.

The hole rotation for a single playoff is as follows: Nos. 18-16-17 (repeat until concluded).

If there are simultaneous playoffs, the two-person playoff for gold-silver would be on Nos. 18-16-17 (repeat until concluded), with the playoff for bronze taking place on Nos. 17-18-16 (repeat until concluded).

For example, if player X finishes in the gold-medal position with a score of 12-under, but players Y and Z finish tied for second at 11-under, players Y and Z will compete in a playoff to determine who takes silver and who takes bronze.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Chinese Taipei's C.T. Pan snagged the bronze medal in a seven-man playoff — which included Rory McIlroy — on the fourth extra hole.