[2] The men's and women's event took place at the Compiègne Club, about 50 km (30 miles) north of Paris.

The topography was flat, with dense rough surrounding the fairways and very tiny "postage stamp" sized greens.

Charles Sands, representative of the St. Andrews Golf Club in Yonkers, New York finished the 36 hole tournament with 82+85=167 defeating Walter Rutherford of Jedburgh, Scotland by one stroke.

[6] Abbott never knew that they were competing in the Olympics; she thought it was a normal golf tournament and died not knowing.

Her historic victory was not known until University of Florida professor Paula Welch began to do research into the history of the Olympics and discovered that Margaret Abbott had placed first.