The men's individual was an event held as part of the golf programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

[1] The event was won by George Lyon of Canada, one of three golfers not from the host United States.

Golf was later planned to be on the programme for the 1908 Games in London, but a dispute among the British golfers led to them all boycotting.

With only the Canadian defending champion Lyon scheduled to compete (and him unwilling to accept a gold medal by walkover), the 1908 golf event was cancelled.

The United States made its second appearance, the only nation to have golfers at both of the first two men's individual golf tournaments.