Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Qualification for Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 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 11 July 2016, with a total of 60 players qualifying in each of the men's and women's events.[1] The top 15 players of each gender qualified, with a limit of four golfers per country that could qualify this way.[2][3] 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.[4] The IGF guaranteed that at least one golfer would qualify from the host nation and also at least one from each continent (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania).[3][5] The IGF posted weekly lists of qualifiers based on current rankings for men[6] and women.[7]

## Qualified players

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### Men

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Rank | Name | Country | World
Ranking

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1 | Bubba Watson |  United States | 5
2 | Henrik Stenson |  Sweden | 6
3 | Rickie Fowler |  United States | 7
4 | Danny Willett |  Great Britain | 9
5 | Justin Rose |  Great Britain | 11
6 | Sergio García |  Spain | 12
7 | Patrick Reed |  United States | 13
8 | Matt Kuchar |  United States | 15
9 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello |  Spain | 28
10 | An Byeong-hun |  South Korea | 31
11 | Thongchai Jaidee |  Thailand | 38
12 | Danny Lee |  New Zealand | 40
13 | Emiliano Grillo |  Argentina | 44
14 | David Lingmerth |  Sweden | 48
15 | Søren Kjeldsen |  Denmark | 50
16 | Bernd Wiesberger |  Austria | 51
17 | Martin Kaymer |  Germany | 52
18 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat |  Thailand | 53
19 | Anirban Lahiri |  India | 62
20 | Thorbjørn Olesen |  Denmark | 64
21 | Joost Luiten |  Netherlands | 65
22 | Thomas Pieters |  Belgium | 66
23 | Jaco van Zyl |  South Africa | 67
24 | Fabián Gómez |  Argentina | 73
25 | Wang Jeung-hun |  South Korea | 76
26 | Scott Hend |  Australia | 81
27 | Marcus Fraser |  Australia | 86
28 | Brandon Stone |  South Africa | 92
29 | Yuta Ikeda |  Japan | 93
30 | Shingo Katayama |  Japan | 107
31 | Grégory Bourdy |  France | 112
32 | Julien Quesne |  France | 123
33 | Nicolas Colsaerts |  Belgium | 124
34 | Ricardo Gouveia |  Portugal | 125
35 | David Hearn |  Canada | 127
36 | Wu Ashun |  China | 129
37 | Miguel Tabuena |  Philippines | 140
38 | Li Haotong |  China | 141
39 | Alex Čejka |  Germany | 143
40 | Graham DeLaet |  Canada | 146
41 | Fabrizio Zanotti |  Paraguay | 147
42 | Pádraig Harrington |  Ireland | 148
43 | Ryan Fox |  New Zealand | 184
44 | Shiv Chawrasia |  India | 207
45 | Danny Chia |  Malaysia | 230
46 | Mikko Ilonen |  Finland | 235
47 | Jhonattan Vegas |  Venezuela | 240
48 | Felipe Aguilar |  Chile | 248
49 | Pan Cheng-tsung |  Chinese Taipei | 256
50 | Adilson da Silva |  Brazil | 271
51 | Séamus Power |  Ireland | 290
52 | Espen Kofstad |  Norway | 291
53 | Roope Kakko |  Finland | 293
54 | Nino Bertasio |  Italy | 299
55 | Siddikur Rahman |  Bangladesh | 308
56 | Lin Wen-tang |  Chinese Taipei | 315
57 | Gavin Green |  Malaysia | 321
58 | Matteo Manassero |  Italy | 342
59 | Rodolfo Cazaubón |  Mexico | 344
60 | José-Filipe Lima |  Portugal | 392

The following men removed themselves from possible qualification:

* Jason Day, Marc Leishman,[8] Matt Jones, and Adam Scott of Australia[9]
* Camilo Villegas of Colombia[10]
* Vijay Singh of Fiji[11][12]
* Victor Dubuisson of France[13]
* Shane Lowry, Graeme McDowell, and Rory McIlroy of Ireland[14]
* Francesco Molinari of Italy[15]
* Hideki Matsuyama[16] and Hideto Tanihara of Japan
* Tim Wilkinson of New Zealand[17]
* Angelo Que of Philippines[18]
* Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen,[19] and Charl Schwartzel of South Africa[20]
* Kim Kyung-tae of South Korea[13]
* Miguel Ángel Jiménez of Spain[11]
* Dustin Johnson[21] and Jordan Spieth[22] of the United States
* Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe[23]

The Zika virus, which can cause serious birth defects and is currently epidemic in Brazil, can live longer in semen than in blood, and might thus infect a male golfer's partner for up to six months later or even more. Consequently, far more top male golfers than top female golfers withdrew from the games.[24]

#### Qualification by country

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Number of male golfers from each country participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics:

Four

Two

One

None

Americas (13) | Europe (25) | Oceania (4) | Asia (16) | Africa (2)

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Argentina (2) |  Austria (1) |  Australia (2) |  Bangladesh (1) |  South Africa (2)
Brazil (1) |  Belgium (2) |  New Zealand (2) |  China (2) |
Canada (2) |  Denmark (2) |  |  Chinese Taipei (2)
Chile (1) |  Finland (2) |  India (2)
Mexico (1) |  France (2) |  Japan (2)
Paraguay (1) |  Germany (2) |  Malaysia (2)
United States (4) |  Great Britain (2) |  Philippines (1)
Venezuela (1) |  Ireland (2) |  South Korea (2)
|  Italy (2) |  Thailand (2)
Netherlands (1) |
Norway (1)
Portugal (2)
Spain (2)
Sweden (2)

### Women

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Rank | Name | Country | World
Ranking

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1 | Lydia Ko |  New Zealand | 1
2 | Brooke Henderson |  Canada | 2
3 | Inbee Park |  South Korea | 3
4 | Lexi Thompson |  United States | 4
5 | Kim Sei-young |  South Korea | 5
6 | Amy Yang |  South Korea | 6
7 | Ariya Jutanugarn |  Thailand | 7
8 | Chun In-gee |  South Korea | 8
9 | Stacy Lewis |  United States | 9
10 | Anna Nordqvist |  Sweden | 11
11 | Shanshan Feng |  China | 13
12 | Minjee Lee |  Australia | 14
13 | Gerina Piller |  United States | 15
14 | Suzann Pettersen |  Norway | 18
15 | Haru Nomura |  Japan | 22
16 | Charley Hull |  Great Britain | 27
17 | Teresa Lu |  Chinese Taipei | 28
18 | Candie Kung |  Chinese Taipei | 32
19 | Pornanong Phatlum |  Thailand | 34
20 | Carlota Ciganda |  Spain | 36
21 | Su-Hyun Oh |  Australia | 41
22 | Shiho Oyama |  Japan | 43
23 | Azahara Muñoz |  Spain | 48
24 | Xi Yu Lin |  China | 50
25 | Sandra Gal |  Germany | 55
26 | Karine Icher |  France | 60
27 | Catriona Matthew |  Great Britain | 63
28 | Caroline Masson |  Germany | 77
29 | Nicole Broch Larsen |  Denmark | 88
30 | Pernilla Lindberg |  Sweden | 90
31 | Alena Sharp |  Canada | 91
32 | Gaby López |  Mexico | 98
33 | Mariajo Uribe |  Colombia | 103
34 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen |  Denmark | 109
35 | Paula Reto |  South Africa | 122
36 | Gwladys Nocera |  France | 134
37 | Julieta Granada |  Paraguay | 135
38 | Kelly Tan |  Malaysia | 153
39 | Marianne Skarpnord |  Norway | 155
40 | Ashleigh Simon |  South Africa | 214
41 | Laetitia Beck |  Israel | 223
42 | Giulia Molinaro |  Italy | 251
43 | Ursula Wikström |  Finland | 256
44 | Noora Tamminen |  Finland | 274
45 | Klára Spilková |  Czech Republic | 279
46 | Christine Wolf |  Austria | 317
47 | Giulia Sergas |  Italy | 326
48 | Maria Verchenova |  Russia | 338
49 | Leona Maguire (a) |  Ireland | 353
50 | Albane Valenzuela (a) |  Switzerland | 378
51 | Alejandra Llaneza |  Mexico | 385
52 | Chloe Leurquin |  Belgium | 402
53 | Fabienne In-Albon |  Switzerland | 408
54 | Tiffany Chan (a) |  Hong Kong | 434
55 | Michelle Koh |  Malaysia | 443
56 | Aditi Ashok |  India | 444
57 | Miriam Nagl |  Brazil | 445
58 | Victoria Lovelady |  Brazil | 458
59 | Stephanie Meadow |  Ireland | 492
60 | Maha Haddioui |  Morocco | 560

(a) = amateur

The following women removed themselves from possible qualification:

* Dottie Ardina of Philippines[25]
* Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa[26][24]

The following women were removed from possible qualification by their NOC:

* Christel Boeljon (ranked 35) and Anne van Dam (51) and first replacement Dewi Schreefel of the Netherlands[27]
* Cathryn Bristow (ranked 58) of New Zealand[28]

#### Qualification by country

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Number of female golfers from each country participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics:

Four

Three

Two

One

None

America (11) | Europe (27) | Oceania (3) | Asia (16) | Africa (3)

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Brazil (2) |  Austria (1) |  Australia (2) |  China (2) |  Morocco (1)
Canada (2) |  Belgium (1) |  New Zealand (1) |  Chinese Taipei (2) |  South Africa (2)
Colombia (1) |  Czech Republic (1) |  |  Hong Kong (1) |
Mexico (2) |  Denmark (2) |  India (1)
Paraguay (1) |  Finland (2) |  Japan (2)
United States (3) |  France (2) |  Malaysia (2)
|  Germany (2) |  South Korea (4)
Great Britain (2) |  Thailand (2)
Ireland (2) |
Israel (1)*
Italy (2)
Norway (2)
Russia (1)
Spain (2)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (2)

* Israel is a member of the European Olympic Committees.

## References

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1. ^ Harig, Bob (5 March 2014). "Olympic golf qualifying date set". ESPN.
2. ^ "Olympic Games - Qualification System - IGF". International Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
3. ^ a b Axson, Scooby (14 July 2014). "Rules for golf qualifying in the 2016 Olympic Games: U.S. will only get four players no matter how many in Top 15". Golf.com.
4. ^ "International Golf Federation". olympic.org. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
5. ^ "Golf Qualification System for 2016 Olympics". 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
6. ^ "Olympic Rankings – Men". IGF. Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
7. ^ "Olympic Rankings – Women". IGF. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
8. ^ "Marc Leishman withdraws from Rio Olympics amid Zika virus concerns". ESPN. Australian Associated Press. 5 May 2016.
9. ^ Harig, Bob (20 April 2016). "Australia's Adam Scott opts to not compete in Rio Olympics". ESPN.
10. ^ "Camilo Villegas drops out of Olympics". ESPN. Associated Press. 18 July 2016.
11. ^ a b "Vijay Singh Opts Out of Olympics". Around The Rings. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
12. ^ "Vijay Singh no longer planning on participating in Olympic golf tournament". ESPN. Associated Press. 13 April 2016.
13. ^ a b "Victor Dubuisson, K.T. Kim Withdraw From Olympics in Rio". golf.com. Associated Press. 12 Jul 2016.
14. ^ "Rory McIlroy withdraws from Olympic Games amid Zika fears". ESPN. 22 June 2016.
15. ^ "Francesco Molinari the latest to withdraw from Rio Olympics". ESPN. PA Sport. 12 July 2016.
16. ^ Weinman, Sam (4 July 2016). "Hideki Matsuyama latest golfer to withdraw from Olympics". Golf Digest.
17. ^ "Wilkinson withdrew from Olympics selection". RadioSport. 10 May 2016.
18. ^ Ramos, Gerry (11 July 2016). "Filipino golfer Angelo Que skipping Rio Olympics, cites concern on zika virus as main reason". Spin.ph.
19. ^ "Oosthuizen latest top golfer to pull out of Rio Olympics". USA Today. Associated Press. 21 April 2016.
20. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (25 April 2016). "Charl Schwartzel withdraws from Olympic golf". NBC Sports.
21. ^ "Dustin Johnson cites Zika virus as reason for withdrawing from Games". ESPN. 9 July 2016.
22. ^ Harig, Bob (11 July 2016). "Jordan Spieth says he won't compete in Rio Olympics". ESPN.
23. ^ "Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge skipping Rio to try to keep PGA Tour card". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 July 2016.
24. ^ a b Eubanks, Steve (4 July 2016). "Women Pros See Olympics Differently". Golf Today. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
25. ^ "Fields confirmed for Olympic Games golf competitions". IGF. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
26. ^ "Lee-Anne Pace withdraws from Rio Games because of Zika". ESPN. Associated Press. 29 June 2016.
27. ^ "NOC*NSF laat alleen Luiten naar Rio gaan" [NOC*NSF only sends Luiten to Rio] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
28. ^ "Golf: Ryan Fox, Danny Lee, Lydia Ko named in Olympic team". New Zealand Herald. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

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