The US Open marked the last chance for players from the men’s game to book a spot at the Olympics, with the latest world rankings confirming the 60 who will be invited to compete in Paris.
Each country can only take a maximum of four men’s golfers to the games, and, thanks to having more than three players in the world’s top 15, the US will be the only one to take the maximum number of players.
The majority of countries will have two golfers from the men’s game, although Austria, Finland, Malaysia, Paraguay, Poland and Puerto Rico will have just one.
Because of the strict limitations on the number of players who can participate, some of the world’s highest-profile names will inevitably be missing.
Here are 12 of the biggest names from men’s golf to miss out on an appearance at the Olympics.
Bryson DeChambeau
Bryson DeChambeau isn’t part of the US team, despite a brilliant season
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The LIV Golf star’s profile has never been higher after he claimed the US Open title to follow top-10 finishes in both The Masters and PGA Championship earlier in the year. DeChambeau’s victory at Pinehurst No.2 even took him back inside the world’s top 10 for the first time since January 2022, but it isn’t enough to book his spot at the Olympics for the second time.
Fellow Americans Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa are ahead of DeChambeau in the rankings, and they will be on the plane to Paris.
Brooks Koepka
Brooks Koepka’s Major form hasn’t been at its best
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While DeChambeau’s Major form has seen his world ranking on the rise, it’s been going the other way for fellow American Koepka, not helped by LIV Golf’s inability to offer the points.
In any case, Koepka is one of a number of players to have withdrawn from consideration for this year’s Games, even though his world ranking wouldn’t have been enough to qualify.
The US star was ranked 43rd at the deadline, and that means he would have missed out anyway despite having won five career Majors among 20 professional victories, most recently at this year’s LIV Golf Singapore.
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson is another LIV Golf players whose form in Majors hasn’t been good enough to help him make the team
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