Weather Action Plan for Golf at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

Golf returns to the Olympics in 2016 for the first time in 112 years.  The PGA Tour, LPGA, and other golf organizations are heavily involved with the International Golf Federation (IGF) in the planning and organization of Golf at the 2016 Olympics.   The IGF will implement their own weather action plan at the Olympic Golf Course, independent of the other outdoor venues in Rio de Janeiro.  While the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologica (INMET) has been assigned to provide weather support for the outdoor Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the IGF will be the only sports federation to privately contract their own meteorologist to work at the Olympic Golf Course with the organizers of the event.

The IGF is taking extraordinary steps to mitigate the risks associated with lightning and inclement weather to their players, spectators, and staff at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.  This presentation will explain the weather action plan implemented by the IGF, and also provide an overview of the lightning and severe weather management system that is deployed at the Olympic Golf Course to assess the localized lightning threats and other weather hazards.