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.

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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

Men

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

The following men removed themselves from possible qualification:

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

Number of male golfers from each country participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics:
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One
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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)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (2)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (1)Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (2)Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (1)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (2)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (1)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (2)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (2)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (2)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (2)Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (2)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (1)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (2)Flag of India.svg  India (2)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (1)Flag of France.svg  France (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (2)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (1)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (2)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (2)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (1)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (1)Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (2)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (2)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (2)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (2)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (1)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (1)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (2)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (2)

Women

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

(a) = amateur

The following women removed themselves from possible qualification:

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

Qualification by country

Number of female golfers from each country participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics:
Four
Three
Two
One
None Women'sGolf2016Olympics.svg
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)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (1)Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (2)Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (1)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (2)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (1)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (1)Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (2)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (1)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (1)Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (1)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (2)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (2)Flag of India.svg  India (1)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (1)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (3)Flag of France.svg  France (2)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (2)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (2)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (4)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (2)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (2)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (2)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (1)*
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (2)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (2)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (2)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland (2)

* Israel is a member of the European Olympic Committees.

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