Lausanne, Switzerland, June 26, 2024: The two-year qualification period for the men’s golf competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has concluded with the publication of the final men’s Olympic Golf Ranking.
The men’s Olympic Golf Ranking features 60 qualifiers representing 32 different countries and regions. They will compete at Le Golf National from August 1-4.
The men’s qualification period for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games commenced on June 17, 2022 and concluded following the U.S. Open on June 17, 2024.
The top 15 world-ranked players were eligible for the Olympics, with a limit of four players from a given country. Beyond the top 15, players were eligible based on the Official World Golf Ranking, with a maximum of two eligible players from each country that did not already have two or more players among the top 15.
Asia will be represented by 13 players from seven NOCs.
This summer’s competition marks the fifth time golf has been featured as an Olympic sport and just the third time since 1904. Only four men have qualified for each of the last three Olympic golf competitions: Ryan Fox of New Zealand, Gavin Green of Malaysia, C.T. Pan of Chinese Taipei and Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay.
The IGF will publish a finalised field list for both the men’s and women’s golf competitions on Tuesday, July 9.
The men’s rankings included:
9 Hideki Matsuyama (Japan)
15 Tom Kim (Korea)
16 Byeong Hun An (Korea)
31 Keita Nakajima (Japan)
36 Kevin Yu (Chinese Taipei)
39 C.T. Pan (Chinese Taipei)
41 Carl Yuan (China)
48 Shubhankar Sharma (India)
52 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand)
53 Gavin Green (Malaysia)
54 Gaganjeet Bhullar (India)
57 Phachara Khongwatmai (Thailand)
59 Zecheng Dou (China)