Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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

Men

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

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

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

  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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