Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
# Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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. 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 would qualify from the host nation and also 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

| Rank | Name | Country | World Ranking |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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, Matt Jones, and Adam Scott of Australia
* Camilo Villegas of Colombia
* Vijay Singh of Fiji
* Victor Dubuisson of France
* Shane Lowry, Graeme McDowell, and Rory McIlroy of Ireland
* Francesco Molinari of Italy
* Hideki Matsuyama and Hideto Tanihara of Japan
* Tim Wilkinson of New Zealand
* Angelo Que of Philippines
* Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen, and Charl Schwartzel of South Africa
* Kim Kyung-tae of South Korea
* Miguel Ángel Jiménez of Spain
* Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth of the United States
* Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe

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.

**Qualification by country**

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

| Rank | Name | Country | World Ranking |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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
* Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa

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
* Cathryn Bristow (ranked 58) of New Zealand

**Qualification by country**

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