Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Sixty players for each of the men's and women's tournaments qualified for Paris 2024 based on the official IGF world ranking list of 17 June 2024 (for men) and 24 June 2024 (for women). The top 15 world-ranked golf players were selected by name and secured their Olympic places, respecting the four-player limit per NOC.[2] The remaining spots were awarded to the players ranked beyond the top fifteen on the list with a maximum of two per NOC. 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.[3]

Points were awarded to the players based on their final positions in each event, with performances in the events with stronger fields earning more points, based on a points distribution schedule approved by the IGF. Ranking points for each player accumulated over a two-year “rolling” period with the points awarded in the most recent thirteen-week period weighted at a full percentage of their original value. After the initial 13-week period, the points were devalued by 1.1% for each of the next 91 weeks before they dropped entirely off the player's two-year record. The IGF Olympic ranking was ordered according to the average points that the players managed to accumulate over the applicable two-year period. Calculating the average points was to divide the total number of ranking points accumulated by the player in the number of tournaments in which he or she has competed during the two-year period.[2]

Qualification summary

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

NOC Men Women Total
  Argentina 2 2
  Australia 2 2 4
  Austria 1 2 3
  Belgium 2 1 3
  Canada 2 2 4
  Chile 2 2
  China 2 2 4
  Chinese Taipei 2 2 4
  Colombia 2 1 3
  Czech Republic 2 2
  Denmark 2 2 4
  Finland 2 2 4
  France 2 2 4
  Germany 2 2 4
  Great Britain 2 2 4
  India 2 2 4
  Ireland 2 2 4
  Italy 2 1 3
  Japan 2 2 4
  Malaysia 1 1 2
  Mexico 2 2 4
  Morocco 1 1
  Netherlands 1 1
  New Zealand 2 1 3
  Norway 2 2 4
  Paraguay 1 1
  Philippines 2 2
  Poland 1 1
  Puerto Rico 1 1
  Singapore 1 1
  Slovenia 2 2
  South Africa 2 2 4
  South Korea 2 3 5
  Spain 2 2 4
  Sweden 2 2 4
  Switzerland 1 2 3
  Thailand 2 2 4
  United States 4 3 7
Total: 38 NOCs 60 60 120

Qualified players

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Final rankings: June 17, 2024[4][5][6]
Rank Name Country World
ranking
1 Scottie Scheffler   United States 1
2 Rory McIlroy   Ireland 2
3 Xander Schauffele   United States 3
4 Ludvig Åberg   Sweden 4
5 Wyndham Clark   United States 5
6 Viktor Hovland   Norway 6
7 Collin Morikawa   United States 7
8 Jon Rahm   Spain 9
9 Hideki Matsuyama   Japan 12
10 Tommy Fleetwood   Great Britain 13
11 Matt Fitzpatrick   Great Britain 18
12 Matthieu Pavon   France 20
13 Sepp Straka   Austria 21
14 Jason Day   Australia 24
15 Tom Kim   South Korea 26
16 An Byeong-hun   South Korea 27
17 Shane Lowry   Ireland 33
18 Nick Taylor   Canada 35
19 Min Woo Lee   Australia 36
20 Corey Conners   Canada 37
21 Christiaan Bezuidenhout   South Africa 40
22 Stephan Jäger   Germany 42
23 Nicolai Højgaard   Denmark 44
24 Thomas Detry   Belgium 48
25 Emiliano Grillo   Argentina 52
26 Alex Norén   Sweden 55
27 Ryan Fox   New Zealand 59
28 Erik van Rooyen   South Africa 67
29 Adrian Meronk   Poland 73
30 Victor Perez   France 78
31 Keita Nakajima   Japan 83
32 Thorbjørn Olesen   Denmark 85
33 Alejandro Tosti   Argentina 98
34 Joaquín Niemann   Chile 99
35 Sami Välimäki   Finland 100
36 Kevin Yu   Chinese Taipei 108
37 David Puig   Spain 113
38 Matti Schmid   Germany 134
39 Pan Cheng-tsung   Chinese Taipei 140
40 Yuan Yechun   China 155
41 Camilo Villegas   Colombia 177
42 Matteo Manassero   Italy 180
43 Adrien Dumont de Chassart   Belgium 187
44 Daniel Hillier   New Zealand 190
45 Guido Migliozzi   Italy 198
46 Shubhankar Sharma   India 219
47 Rafael Campos   Puerto Rico 221
48 Carlos Ortiz   Mexico 240
49 Kiradech Aphibarnrat   Thailand 242
50 Gavin Green   Malaysia 257
51 Gaganjeet Bhullar   India 261
52 Nico Echavarría   Colombia 269
53 Mito Pereira   Chile 272
54 Kristoffer Ventura   Norway 281
55 Phachara Khongwatmai   Thailand 287
56 Abraham Ancer   Mexico 312
57 Dou Zecheng   China 338
58 Fabrizio Zanotti   Paraguay 343
59 Joel Girrbach   Switzerland 366
60 Tapio Pulkkanen   Finland 378
  • Rico Hoey (ranked 173) was ineligible to compete for the Philippines due to his changing his allegiance from the United States too late in the qualification process.[7]
  • Chile's Cristóbal del Solar (ranked 195) withdrew after the final rankings were released and was replaced by Mito Pereira.[8]
  • The Dutch Olympic Committee did not allow Joost Luiten (ranked 147) and Darius van Driel (237) to participate since they required their participants to be ranked in the top 27 of the Olympic Golf Ranking and have "a realistic chance at a medal".[9] Luiten initially appealed against the Dutch Olympic Committee for prohibiting him to play, considering that he was eligible. He won the appeal.[10] However, Luiten was denied access to play due to his initial entry being removed by the Dutch Olympic Committee and his place being taken by Tapio Pulkkanen.[11]
  • Several golfers requested that they be withdrawn from consideration for the games:[12]

Women

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Final rankings: June 24, 2024[6][14][15][16]
Rank Name Country World
ranking
1 Nelly Korda   United States 1
2 Lilia Vu   United States 2
3 Ko Jin-young   South Korea 3
4 Yin Ruoning   China 4
5 Amy Yang   South Korea 5
6 Céline Boutier   France 6
7 Hannah Green   Australia 7
8 Charley Hull   Great Britain 8
9 Rose Zhang   United States 9
10 Yuka Saso   Japan 10
11 Minjee Lee   Australia 11
12 Atthaya Thitikul   Thailand 12
13 Kim Hyo-joo   South Korea 13
14 Brooke Henderson   Canada 14
15 Lin Xiyu   China 15
16 Lydia Ko   New Zealand 17
17 Miyū Yamashita   Japan 19
18 Maja Stark   Sweden 21
19 Patty Tavatanakit   Thailand 25
20 Linn Grant   Sweden 26
21 Carlota Ciganda   Spain 30
22 Leona Maguire   Ireland 32
23 Georgia Hall   Great Britain 36
24 Ashleigh Buhai   South Africa 41
25 Aditi Ashok   India 60
26 Gaby López   Mexico 62
27 Esther Henseleit   Germany 64
28 Alexandra Försterling   Germany 69
29 Albane Valenzuela   Switzerland 70
30 Perrine Delacour   France 75
31 Emily Kristine Pedersen   Denmark 87
32 Pei-Yun Chien   Chinese Taipei 88
33 Nanna Koerstz Madsen   Denmark 106
34 Anne Van Dam   Netherlands 108
35 Azahara Muñoz   Spain 109
36 Bianca Pagdanganan   Philippines 113
37 Morgane Métraux   Switzerland 127
38 Stephanie Meadow   Ireland 134
39 Manon De Roey   Belgium 154
40 Hsu Wei-ling   Chinese Taipei 161
41 Diksha Dagar   India 167
42 Emma Spitz   Austria 178
43 Shannon Tan   Singapore 181
44 María Fassi   Mexico 186
45 Celine Borge   Norway 187
46 Klára Spilková   Czech Republic 192
47 Paula Reto   South Africa 196
48 Mariajo Uribe   Colombia 198
49 Alessandra Fanali   Italy 211
50 Ashley Lau   Malaysia 279
51 Ursula Wikström   Finland 286
52 Ana Belac   Slovenia 288
53 Sára Kousková   Czech Republic 290
54 Alena Sharp   Canada 292
55 Dottie Ardina   Philippines 298
56 Noora Komulainen   Finland 301
57 Madelene Stavnar   Norway 307
58 Ines Laklalech   Morocco 321
59 Sarah Schober   Austria 330
60 Pia Babnik   Slovenia 336

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Golf" (PDF). IGF. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Meng, Licheng (12 December 2022). "How to qualify for golf at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ "IGF – Paris 2024 Qualification System and Rankings". International Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Reallocation Reserve List (Men)" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ^ McDonald, Patrick (17 June 2024). "Golf in the 2024 Paris Olympics: Teams set with Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele leading United States". CBS Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Fields Announced for Olympic Golf Competition". International Golf Federation. 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ Reyes, Marc Anthony (12 April 2024). "Dreaming of Paris". Daily Tribune.
  8. ^ Romine, Brentley (21 June 2024). "LIV Golf gets another Olympian as Chilean player drops out of Paris Games". Golf Channel.
  9. ^ a b Paisley, Kent (25 June 2024). "Heartache for Dutch golfers denied Olympics by their own country: 'We don't think you're worthy'". Golf Digest.
  10. ^ Leonard, Tod (2 July 2024). "Dutch golfer wins court case to play in Olympics". Golf Digest. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  11. ^ Schupak, Adam (9 July 2024). "Not so fast: Dutchman Joost Luiten may have won his court hearing but here's why he's still not in the 2024 Olympics". Golfweek. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  12. ^ Beall, Joel (29 March 2024). "Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott, Tyrrell Hatton withdraw from Olympic consideration". Golf Digest.
  13. ^ "Keine Olympia-Teilnahme von Wiesberger in Paris" [Wiesberger did not take part in the Olympics in Paris]. Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). 18 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Women's Reallocation Reserve List" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  15. ^ Paisley, Kent. "Olympics 2024: Women's qualifiers set for Paris, U.S. barely misses taking fourth player". Golf Digest. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Women's World Golf Rankings – June 24, 2024". Rolex Rankings.
  17. ^ Parsons, Ben (2 July 2024). "Exclusive: More golfers in danger of shock Olympics snub". bunkered.