Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
# Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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. 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.

## Qualified players

### Men

The final rankings for the men's competition were released on 22 June 2021.

| 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):

* Dustin Johnson (2), Patrick Cantlay (7) and Brooks Koepka (8) of the United States
* Sergio García (48) and Rafa Cabrera-Bello (140) of Spain
* Adam Scott (41) of Australia
* Bernd Wiesberger (54) of Austria
* Danny Lee (191) of New Zealand
* Louis Oosthuizen (12) of South Africa
* Martin Kaymer (99) and Stephan Jäger (114) of Germany
* Tyrrell Hatton (11), Matt Fitzpatrick (21) and Lee Westwood (27) of Great Britain
* Camilo Villegas (225) of Colombia
* Emiliano Grillo (74) of Argentina
* Victor Perez (37) of France
* Francesco Molinari (133) of Italy

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.

Before the start of the competition, Bryson DeChambeau (6) tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced on the US team by Patrick Reed. Jon Rahm (1) also withdrew following a positive test and was replaced by Jorge Campillo.

### Women

The final rankings for the women's competition were released on 29 June 2021.

| 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 | 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):

* Charley Hull (ranked 41) and Georgia Hall (51) of Great Britain
* Lee-Anne Pace (209) of South Africa
* Morgane Métraux (353) of Switzerland
* Ashleigh Buhai (86) of South Africa
* Marianne Skarpnord (265) of Norway

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.

## 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 |
