There are officially 60 participants in the women’s Olympic golf competition, according to the latest edition of the Rolex Rankings.
They are scheduled to play Aug. 7-10 at Le Golf National in Paris, site of the 2018 Ryder Cup.
Two players from each country may qualify, provided they are not ranked in the top 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). A maximum of four players from each country may qualify.
Each tournament has: Olympic Golf Rankings Like the OWGR, it is determined based on the quality of players on the field.
This determines the points awarded in the event, which are then allocated to players based on their finishing position – performing better in stronger events will earn you more points.
Team USA has three of the top 10 players on its team: No. 1 Nelly Korda, No. 2 Lilia Vu and No. 9 Rose Chan. Korda has six wins this season, including five consecutive wins. However, Korda has missed the cut in her last three starts.
She won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, beating silver medalist Mone Inami and bronze medalist Lydia Ko by one stroke. Can she claim a second gold medal in Paris and reach the podium?
South Korea will have three Olympians if Amy Yang wins the KPMG Ladies PGA Championship on Sunday, joining Ko Jin Young and Kim Hyo Ju in Paris.
Yang’s inclusion on South Korea’s Olympic team meant that Morocco’s Ines Lakralev, ranked 321st in the world, dropped out of the competition.
Charlie Hull and Georgia Hall will compete for Great Britain, while Ko will be aiming to return to the podium for New Zealand. Australian golfer Hannah Green will also be making her Olympic return after sharing fifth place in Tokyo.
The teams and participants are as follows. In parentheses is the current world ranking.
America
Nelly Korda (1)
Lilia Vu (2)
Rose Chan (9)
South Korea
Go Jin-young (3)
Amy Yang (5)
Kim Hyo-joo (13)
China
Yoon Yo-nyeong (4)
Lin Xiyu (15)
France
Celine Boutier (6)
Perrine Delacour (75)
Australia
Hannah Green (7)
Minjee Lee (11)
England
Charlie Hull (8)
Georgia Hall (36)
Japan
Yuka Sasao (10)
Miyu Yamashita (19)
Thailand
Ataya Titikul (12)
Patty Tabatatanakit (25)
Canada
Brooke M. Henderson (14)
Alena Sharp (292)
new zealand
Lydia Ko (17)
Momoka Kobori (293)
Sweden
Maya Stark (21)
Lynn Grant (26)
Spain
Carlota Ciganda (30)
Azahara Muñoz (109)
Leona Maguire (32)
Stephanie Meadow (134)
South Africa
Ashley Buhai (41)
Paula Leto (196)
India
Aditi Ashok (60)
Diksha Dagar (167)
Mexico
Gaby Lopez (62)
Maria Fassi (186)
Germany
Esther Henseleit (64)
Alexandra Forsterling (69)
Switzerland
Albane Valenzuela (70)
Morgan Methot (127)
Scotland
Gemma Dryburgh (79)
Denmark
Emily Christine Pedersen (87)
Nanna Keltz Madsen (106)
Taiwan
Peiyun Chen (88)
Xu Weiling (161)
Netherlands
Anne Van Damme (108)
Devi Webber (302)
Philippines
Bianca Pagdanganan (113)
Dottie Ardina (298)
Belgium
Manon de Roye (154)
Austria
Emma Spitz (178)
Singapore
Shannon Tan (181)
Norway
Celine Borge (187)
Madeleine Stubner (307)
Czech Republic
Clara Davidson Spilkova (192)
Sarah Kuskova (290)
Columbia
Mariajo Uribe (198)
Italy
Alessandra Fanari (211)
Malaysia
Ashley Lau (279)
Finland
Ursula Wikstrom (286)
Noora Komulainen (301)
Slovakia
Ana Bellac (288)
Savannah Lee Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Follow us for more golf articles. Follow You can follow us on all major social platforms. You can also follow us on Twitter Follow Instagram: @savannah_leigh_sports
