Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification for Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was determined not by any form of qualifying tournament, but by the rankings maintained by the International Golf Federation.

Qualification was based on world ranking (Official World Golf Ranking for men, Women's World Golf Rankings for women) as of 21 June 2021 (men) or 28 June 2021 (women), with a total of 60 players qualifying in each of the men's and women's events. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The top 15 players of each gender qualified, with a limit of four golfers per country that could qualify this way. The remaining spots went to the highest-ranked players from countries that did not already have two golfers qualified, with a limit of two per country. The IGF guaranteed that at least one golfer qualified from the host nation and at least one from each continent (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania). The IGF posted weekly lists of qualifiers based on current rankings for men and women.[2]

Qualified players

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The final rankings for the men's competition were released on 22 June 2021.[2][3][4][5][6]

Rank Name Country World
ranking
1 Justin Thomas   United States 3
2 Collin Morikawa   United States 4
3 Xander Schauffele   United States 5
4 Patrick Reed   United States 9
5 Rory McIlroy   Ireland 10
6 Viktor Hovland   Norway 14
7 Hideki Matsuyama   Japan 16
8 Paul Casey   Great Britain 20
9 Abraham Ancer   Mexico 23
10 Im Sung-jae   South Korea 26
11 Cameron Smith   Australia 28
12 Joaquín Niemann   Chile 31
13 Tommy Fleetwood   Great Britain 33
14 Corey Conners   Canada 36
15 Garrick Higgo   South Africa 38
16 Shane Lowry   Ireland 42
17 Marc Leishman   Australia 43
18 Christiaan Bezuidenhout   South Africa 46
19 Kim Si-woo   South Korea 49
20 Carlos Ortiz   Mexico 53
21 Mackenzie Hughes   Canada 63
22 Sebastián Muñoz   Colombia 67
23 Guido Migliozzi   Italy 72
24 Rikuya Hoshino   Japan 76
25 Antoine Rozner   France 78
26 Thomas Detry   Belgium 94
27 Alex Norén   Sweden 95
28 Thomas Pieters   Belgium 107
29 Kalle Samooja   Finland 117
30 Matthias Schwab   Austria 118
31 Rasmus Højgaard   Denmark 121
32 Sami Välimäki   Finland 122
33 Jazz Janewattananond   Thailand 129
34 Jhonattan Vegas   Venezuela 130
35 Henrik Norlander   Sweden 136
36 Mito Pereira   Chile 146
37 Adri Arnaus   Spain 147
38 Joachim B. Hansen   Denmark 151
39 Rory Sabbatini   Slovakia 167
40 Sepp Straka   Austria 174
41 Ryan Fox   New Zealand 178
42 Renato Paratore   Italy 180
43 Pan Cheng-tsung   Chinese Taipei 181
44 Romain Langasque   France 186
45 Adrian Meronk   Poland 189
46 Maximilian Kieffer   Germany 193
47 Jorge Campillo   Spain 213
48 Juvic Pagunsan   Philippines 216
49 Ondřej Lieser   Czech Republic 231
50 Scott Vincent   Zimbabwe 239
51 Gunn Charoenkul   Thailand 259
52 Hurly Long   Germany 263
53 Fabrizio Zanotti   Paraguay 280
54 Rafael Campos   Puerto Rico 281
55 Gavin Green   Malaysia 286
56 Yuan Yechun   China 291
57 Kristian Krogh Johannessen   Norway 292
58 Wu Ashun   China 315
59 Anirban Lahiri   India 340
60 Udayan Mane   India 356

The following men removed themselves from possible qualification (world ranking as of 21 June listed[7]):

Additionally, the Dutch Olympic Committee did not allow Joost Luiten (177) and Wil Besseling (221) to participate since they required their participants to be ranked in the top 100 of the world ranking.[21]

Before the start of the competition, Bryson DeChambeau (6) tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced on the US team by Patrick Reed.[22] Jon Rahm (1) also withdrew following a positive test and was replaced by Jorge Campillo.[23]

Women

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The final rankings for the women's competition were released on 29 June 2021.[2][24][25][26]

Rank Name Country World
Ranking
1 Nelly Korda   United States 1
2 Ko Jin-young   South Korea 2
3 Inbee Park   South Korea 3
4 Kim Sei-young   South Korea 4
5 Danielle Kang   United States 5
6 Kim Hyo-joo   South Korea 6
7 Brooke Henderson   Canada 7
8 Yuka Saso   Philippines 8
9 Lexi Thompson   United States 9
10 Lydia Ko   New Zealand 10
11 Nasa Hataoka   Japan 11
12 Patty Tavatanakit   Thailand 12
13 Jessica Korda   United States 13
14 Minjee Lee   Australia 14
15 Hannah Green   Australia 15
16 Shanshan Feng   China 19
17 Ariya Jutanugarn   Thailand 21
18 Sophia Popov   Germany 23
19 Mone Inami   Japan 27
20 Carlota Ciganda   Spain 32
21 Mel Reid   Great Britain 38
22 Anna Nordqvist   Sweden 49
23 Nanna Koerstz Madsen   Denmark 52
24 Céline Boutier   France 58
25 Leona Maguire   Ireland 60
26 Lin Xiyu   China 62
27 Gaby López   Mexico 64
28 Caroline Masson   Germany 68
29 Emily Kristine Pedersen   Denmark 69
30 Madelene Sagström   Sweden 72
31 Matilda Castren   Finland 74
32 Hsu Wei-ling   Chinese Taipei 78
33 Azahara Muñoz   Spain 84
34 Jodi Ewart Shadoff   Great Britain 86
35 Giulia Molinaro   Italy 98
36 Perrine Delacour   France 101
37 Stephanie Meadow   Ireland 122
38 Min Lee   Chinese Taipei 130
39 Anne van Dam[a]   Netherlands 133
40 Alena Sharp   Canada 136
41 Kelly Tan   Malaysia 154
42 Albane Valenzuela   Switzerland 163
43 Bianca Pagdanganan   Philippines 165
44 Aditi Ashok   India 178
45 María Fassi   Mexico 180
46 Maria Fernanda Torres   Puerto Rico 185
47 Tiffany Chan   Hong Kong 218
48 Sanna Nuutinen   Finland 232
49 Klára Spilková   Czech Republic 276
50 Manon De Roey   Belgium 278
51 Christine Wolf   Austria 288
52 Pia Babnik   Slovenia 301
53 Mariajo Uribe   Colombia 306
54 Daniela Darquea   Ecuador 349
55 Magdalena Simmermacher   Argentina 399
56 Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso   Italy 405
57 Maha Haddioui   Morocco 418
58 Tonje Daffinrud   Norway 419
59 Kim Métraux   Switzerland 445
60 Diksha Dagar   India 454

The following women removed themselves from possible qualification (world ranking as of 28 June listed):

Two weeks before the competition, Paula Reto (420) of South Africa tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew. She was replaced in the field by India's Diksha Dagar. Reto subsequently tested negative multiple times and could have played but for her prompt withdrawal in order to allow maximum time for a replacement to prepare.[35]

Qualification summary

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The following summarized the NOC's qualified for the Olympic golf tournament with the amount of golfers qualified per country.

NOC Men Women Total
  Argentina 1 1
  Australia 2 2 4
  Austria 2 1 3
  Belgium 2 1 3
  Canada 2 2 4
  Chile 2 2
  China 2 2 4
  Colombia 1 1 2
  Czech Republic 1 1 2
  Denmark 2 2 4
  Ecuador 1 1
  Finland 2 2 4
  France 2 2 4
  Germany 2 2 4
  Great Britain 2 2 4
  Hong Kong 1 1
  India 2 2 4
  Ireland 2 2 4
  Italy 2 2 4
  Japan 2 2 4
  Malaysia 1 1 2
  Mexico 2 2 4
  Morocco 1 1
  Netherlands 1 1
  New Zealand 1 1 2
  Norway 2 1 3
  Paraguay 1 1
  Philippines 1 2 3
  Poland 1 1
  Puerto Rico 1 1 2
  Slovakia 1 1
  Slovenia 1 1
  South Africa 2 2
  South Korea 2 4 6
  Spain 2 2 4
  Sweden 2 2 4
  Switzerland 2 2
  Chinese Taipei 1 2 3
  Thailand 2 2 4
  United States 4 4 8
  Venezuela 1 1
  Zimbabwe 1 1
Total: 42 NOCs 60 60 120

Notes

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  1. ^ Van Dam was allowed to compete by the Dutch Olympic Committee despite not meeting their qualification criteria on account of her ability to climb the rankings being hindered by restricted playing opportunities due to COVID-19 related measures.[27]

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