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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.

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

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Men

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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:

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

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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)
 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

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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:

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

Qualification by country

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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)
 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.

References

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