page_title: Sport in Guernsey
section_title: Golf
hierarchical_section_title: Sport in Guernsey / Golf
caption_attribution_description: Nrf: En Dgèrnésy, Juilet 2011 Français&#160;: À Guernesey, juillet 2011 English: Guernsey, July 2011: The clubhouse of the Royal Guernsey Golf Club at Vale
context_page_description: Guernsey participates in its own right in the Commonwealth Games.
  Guernsey participates in the bi-annual Island Games, which it hosted in 1987 and 2003. In sporting events in which Guernsey does not have international representation, when the British Home Nations are competing separately, islanders that do have high athletic skill may choose to compete for any of the Home Nations – there are, however, restrictions on subsequent transfers to represent another Home Nation. The football player Matt Le Tissier for example, tried out for the Scotland national football team but ended up playing for England.
  Major individual sports include athletics, shooting, swimming, football and fencing. Guernsey's home football team, Guernsey F.C. competes in the Isthmian League Division One South and Guernsey has received a number of Commonwealth games medals for shooting. Fencing is a sport that is rapidly increasing in popularity with GB fencers such as Fraser Ward originating from the island.
  Sport in Guernsey is governed by the Guernsey Sports Commission with another association, Sport Guernsey developing elite athletes.
  The island's sporting county is Hampshire.
context_section_description: There are two 18-hole courses and one 9-hole course in the island, with a nine-hole course in Alderney.
  Juniors are encouraged with competitions and cups to play for.
  Islanders and clubs compete in inter Island competitions in both Jersey and Alderney, in the Island Games and in Hampshire and other English competitions.
  Gold medals in the Island Games include:
caption: Royal Guernsey Golf Club
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