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Who has qualified to play in the men's competition at the Olympic Games this summer?
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Who has qualified to play in the men's competition at the Olympic Games this summer?

After a two-year rolling qualification period, the Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) for the men’s competition at this summer’s Games in France has concluded.

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Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are set to represent Ireland at Le Golf National this summer

The men’s Olympic Golf Ranking features 60 qualifiers representing 32 different countries.

With four qualifiers (Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa), the United States of America is the only country with more than two qualifiers for the 60-player field, which will compete at Le Golf National, site of the 2018 Ryder Cup, from August 1-4.

The Olympic field will feature the top 60 in the OGR, made up of four participants per country within the top 15 of the ranking and up to two participants per country eligible to compete beyond that.

The host country – France – was guaranteed at least one spot, as is each of the five continents of the Olympics. Two men qualified to represent Team France at Paris 2024: Matthieu Pavon and Victor Perez.

This summer’s competition marks the fifth time golf has been featured as an Olympic sport and just the third time since 1904.

Only four men have qualified for each of the last three Olympic golf competitions: Ryan Fox of New Zealand, Gavin Green of Malaysia, C.T. Pan of Chinese Taipei and Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay.

Xander Schauffele is set to defend the title he won in Japan in 2021.

Here, we take a look at the qualifiers set to compete for gold this summer in Paris, with the DP World Tour members highlighted in bold.*

*The deadline for NOCs (National Olympic Committee) and NFs (National Federation) to confirm their athletes to the IGF for inclusion in the Olympic golf competition. The IGF will publish a finalised field list on July 2.

Argentina

  • Emiliano Grillo
  • Alejandro Tosti

Australia

  • Jason Day
  • Min Woo Lee

Austria

  • Sepp Straka

Belgium

  • Thomas Detry
  • Adrien Dumont de Chassart

Canada

  • Nick Taylor
  • Corey Conners

China

  • Carl Yuan
  • Marty Dou Zecheng

Chinese Taipei

  • Kevin Yu
  • C.T. Pan

Chile

  • Joaquín Niemann
  • Mito Pereira

Colombia

  • Camilo Villegas
  • Nicolas Echavarria

Denmark

  • Nicolai Højgaard
  • Thorbjørn Olesen

Finland

  • Sami Välimäki

France

  • Matthieu Pavon
  • Victor Perez

Germany

  • Stephan Jaeger
  • Matti Schmid

Great Britain

  • Tommy Fleetwood
  • Matt Fitzpatrick

India

  • Shubhankar Sharma
  • Gaganjeet Bhullar

Italy

  • Matteo Manaserro
  • Guido Migliozzi

Ireland

  • Rory McIlroy
  • Shane Lowry

Japan

  • Hideki Matsuyama
  • Keita Nakajima

Malaysia

  • Gavin Green

Mexico

  • Carlos Ortiz
  • Abraham Ancer

Netherlands

  • Joost Luiten
  • Darius van Driel

New Zealand

  • Ryan Foz
  • Daniel Hiller

Norway

  • Viktor Hovland
  • Kris Ventura

Paraguay

  • Fabrizio Zanotti

Poland

  • Adrian Meronk

Puerto Rico

  • Rafael Campos

South Africa

  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout
  • Erik van Rooyen

South Korea

  • Tom Kim
  • Byeong Hun Kim

Spain

  • Jon Rahm
  • David Puig

Sweden

  • Ludvig Åberg
  • Alex Noren

Thailand

  • Kiradech Aphibarnrat
  • Phachara Khongwatmai

United States

  • Scottie Scheffler
  • Xander Schauffele
  • Wyndham Clark
  • Collin Morikawa

Men’s Olympic Golf Qualification By Continent

ContinentPlayersCountries
Africa21
Asia137
Aus. & Oceania42
Europe2514
North America83
South America85
Total6032

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