The men's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 29 July to 1 August 2021 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.

The 1908 Games in London were also supposed to have a golf competition, but a dispute led to a boycott by all of the host nation's golfers, leaving only a single international competitor and resulting in the cancellation of the event.

The top 60 golfers, subject to limits per nation and guarantees for the host and continental representation, were selected.

Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama was four-under on his round through eight holes but made two bogeys to fall back to two-under.

[8] Saturday, 31 July 2021 Sunday, 1 August 2021 Pan Cheng-tsung won the bronze medal after a seven-man sudden death playoff after Collin Morikawa was eliminated by par on the fourth extra hole.