Olympic Golf at Paris 2024: What You Need to Know

Overview

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, both the men’s and women’s golf events will feature 120 players from 32 nations, competing over four days in individual stroke play. With 60 golfers per tournament, there will be no halfway cut at Le Golf National, allowing each athlete to fully experience the Olympics and retain a chance to win a medal.

## Qualification Process

The fields for both tournaments were set in June, after the conclusion of the Olympic Golf Ranking qualification period. Players had around two years to accumulate points to secure a spot on their national teams. The Olympic Golf Rankings were finalized based on the average points tally per athlete.

The top-15 in the Official World Golf Ranking were exempt from the Olympic Golf Rankings, with a maximum of four golfers per country allowed from this category. After the top 15, the Olympic Golf Rankings included up to the top two eligible players per country, provided the country did not already have two players in the top 15.

## Men’s Tournament

As a result, only four of the nine American men in the world’s top-15 were eligible to represent the USA in Paris. Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, and Collin Morikawa will compete for the USA, while Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Brian Harman, Sahith Theegala, and Max Homa did not make the cut.

### Men’s Field

– **Argentina**: Emiliano Grillo, Alejandro Tosti
– **Australia**: Jason Day, Min Woo Lee
– **Austria**: Sepp Straka
– **Belgium**: Thomas Detry, Adrien Dumont du Chassart
– **Canada**: Corey Conners, Nick Taylor
– **Chile**: Mito Pereira, Joaquin Niemann
– **China**: Zechang Dou, Carl Yuan
– **Chinese Taipei**: CT Pan, Kevin Yu
– **Colombia**: Nico Echevarria, Camillo Villegas
– **Denmark**: Nicolai Hojgaard, Thorbjorn Olesen
– **Finland**: Sami Valimaki, Tapio Pulkkanen
– **France**: Matthieu Pavon, Victor Perez
– **Germany**: Stephan Jaeger, Matti Schmid
– **Great Britain and Northern Ireland**: Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood
– **India**: Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubshankar Sharma
– **Ireland**: Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy
– **Italy**: Matteo Manassero, Guido Migliozzi
– **Japan**: Hideki Matsuyama, Keita Nakajima
– **Malaysia**: Gavin Green
– **Mexico**: Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz
– **New Zealand**: Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier
– **Norway**: Viktor Hovland, Kris Ventura
– **Paraguay**: Fabrizio Zanotti
– **Poland**: Adrian Meronk
– **Puerto Rico**: Rafael Campos
– **South Africa**: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Erik Van Rooyen
– **South Korea**: Byeong Hun An, Tom Kim
– **Spain**: Jon Rahm, David Puig
– **Sweden**: Ludvig Aberg, Alex Noren
– **Switzerland**: Joel Girrbach
– **Thailand**: Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Phachara Khongwatmai
– **United States**: Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler

## Women’s Tournament

The women’s event features a similar scenario, with the USA and South Korea each sending three golfers. The US squad includes World No.1 Nelly Korda, World No.2 Lilia Vu, and World No.9 Rose Zhang. South Korea’s team is led by Jin-young Ko, along with Amy Yang and Hyo-joo Kim.

## Schedule

The men’s tournament will take place from Thursday, August 1 to Sunday, August 4, followed by the women’s tournament from Wednesday, August 7 to Sunday, August 10.

## How to Watch

Fans can watch the Olympic golf events and cheer for their favorite players as they compete for Olympic glory at Le Golf National in Paris.