Two years after the qualification period began, all 120 golfers are preparing to begin their quest for an Olympic medal at Le Golf National in August.
Olympic Golf Qualification Explained
60 men and 60 women will compete in respective tournaments at the home of French golf, with two spots secured by the host nation at the Paris Games, the top-15 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) automatically eligible (up to a maximum of four golfers from a single country), and the rest of the places available to the highest-placed eligible players in the Olympic Golf Ranking (OGR) – two per nation.
Ranking points for the Paris 2024 Olympic Golf events accrued across a two-year rolling period, with more points offered in stronger-field tournaments and events over the most-recent 13-week period holding 100% of their weight. Said points were then devalued by 1.1% for each of the next 91 weeks before they were ultimately omitted.
On June 17 for the men and June 24 for the women, qualification ended and the Olympic golf fields were set. The OGR was ordered according to the average number of points that athletes managed to accumulate over the applicable time frame.
No more than four places per country were allowed, with only the US’ male squad taking a quartet due to each of the athletes (Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, and Collin Morikawa) sitting inside the World’s top-15 at the cut-off date.
Xander Schauffele is the reigning men’s Olympic golf champion
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The Americans’ female team has three golfers (Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, and Rose Zhang), as do South Korea’s women (Jin-young Ko, Amy Yang, and Hyo-joo Kim). Many other nations have two golfers per gender, while some have just the solitary competitor.
Due to the OWGR and OGR differing in terms of where many players rank, here is how all 120 golfers are positioned heading into the golf competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Lilia Vu holds up the Chevron Championship trophy in 2023
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Paris 2024 Men’s Olympic Golf Field
Le Golf National: August 1-4
| Name | Nation | Final OGR | Current OWGR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | USA | 1 | 1 |
| Rory McIlroy | IRL | 2 | 3 |
| Xander Schauffele | USA | 3 | 2 |
| Ludvig Aberg | SWE | 4 | 4 |
| Wyndham Clark | USA | 5 | 5 |
| Viktor Hovland | NOR | 6 | 7 |
| Collin… |
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