The Canada Games Council has announced the sports for its 2013 Canada Summer Games, and golf was selected as an official sport of the games.

"The Royal Canadian Golf Association is honored that the CGC has selected golf for both the 2009 and now 2013 Canada Games. As the national sports organization for golf in this country, the RCGA truly believes that the Canada Games provides our high-performance golf athletes across Canada with a major benchmark for excellence," said Jeff Thompson, RCGA managing director of player and program development.

For the 2009 Canada Games, the host province of Prince Edward Island selected golf as its host choice" sport. For the 2013 Games, golf was selected based on meeting set sport selection criteria.