The 2024 Olympics is almost upon us, with the Paris games beginning on Friday 26 July, with the first of the golf action taking place just six days later with the men's tournament.
In total, 120 players from the men’s and women’s game will be competing at Le Golf National.
The field for each is determined by world ranking, and the final opportunity for players in the men’s game to secure a place came with the US Open at Pinehurst No.2 after a two-year qualification process, and eight of the world's top 10 after that cut-off are involved.
Even though technically the world’s top 15 men’s golfers were eligible, because a maximum of four men can compete on any team, some US players have missed out even though nine from the country were high enough in the rankings.
As a result, the top four of those have made the team – Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele, who won the gold medal in the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
While that is an impressive line-up, there are also some huge names from other nations who have made their respective teams. Among them is Rory McIlroy, who will play for Ireland, with his Zurich Classic of New Orleans playing partner Shane Lowry the other to make the team.
Other stars from the men’s game who have secured their places include Swede Ludvig Aberg, who is joined by Alex Noren, while Jon Rahm has made the Spain team along with another LIV Golf player, David Puig.
Another player in the world’s top 10, Viktor Hovland, has qualified for Norway along with Kris Ventura, while 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama plays for Japan, with Hero Indian Open champion Keita Nakajima qualifying too.
For Great Britain and Ireland, there’s no place for 2016 golf medallist Justin Rose this time around, with Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick qualifying instead.
Other notable qualifiers from the men’s game include Australians Jason Day and Min Woo Lee, Canadians Corey Conners and Nick Taylor and French players Matthieu Pavon and Victor Perez, who will have the full backing of the home crowd.
Originally, two players from the Netherlands, Joost Luiten and Darius van Driel, had qualified, but they were denied their chance by the Netherlands Olympic Committee.
LIV Golf's Mito Pereira was also a late addition to the field. He will play for Chile alongside Torque GC captain Joaquin Niemann after Cristobal Del Solar opted not to compete.
Below is the confirmed men's golf field for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, with the action taking place between 1 and 4 August.
Men's Olympics Golf Field
- Argentina - Emiliano Grillo, Alejandro Tosti
- Australia - Jason Day, Min Woo Lee
- Austria - Sepp Straka
- Belgium - Thomas Detry, Adrien Dumont du Chassart
- Canada - Corey Conners, Nick Taylor
- Chile - Joaquin Niemann, Mito Pereira
- China - Zechang Dou, Carl Yuan
- Chinese Taipei - CT Pan, Kevin Yu
- Colombia - Nico Echevarria, Camillo Villages
- Denmark - Nicolai Hojgaard, Thorbjorn Olesen
- Finland - Sami Valimaki, Tapio Pulkannen
- France - Matthieu Pavon, Victor Perez
- Germany - Stephan Jaeger, Matti Schmid
- Great Britain and Ireland - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood
- India - Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubshankar Sharma
- Ireland - Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy
- Italy - Matteo Manassero, Guido Migliozzi
- Japan - Hideki Matsuyama, Keita Nakajima
- Malaysia - Gavin Green
- Mexico - Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz
- New Zealand - Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier
- Norway - Viktor Hovland, Kris Ventura
- Paraguay - Fabrizio Zanotti
- Poland - Adrian Meronk
- Puerto Rico - Rafael Campos
- South Africa - Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Erik Van Rooyen
- South Korea - Byeong Hun An, Tom Kim
- Spain - Jon Rahm, David Puig
- Sweden - Ludvig Aberg, Alex Noren
- Switzerland - Joel Girrbach
- Thailand - Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Phachara Khongwatmai
- United States - Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
Who Is Playing For Team USA At The Olympics?
A maximum of four players were eligible for each men's team, but the US is the only one to fill the allocation.
In fact, even more US players were eligible thanks to their world ranking after the US Open, but while the likes of Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau miss out, World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, who won two of the year's Majors, Collin Morikawa and 2023 US Open winner Wyndham Clark complete a formidable line-up.
Who Are The Top 5 Men's Teams In The Olympics?
With four of the world's top 10, including 2020 gold medal winner Xander Schauffele, the USA looks the strongest men's team at the Olympics. However, beneath them are some world-class players on other teams.
World No.3 Rory McIlroy plays for Ireland with 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry, while the next highest-ranked player for another nation is the player ranked fourth in the world, Ludvig Aberg of Sweden, with Alex Noren also on the team.
Viktor Hovland, who is seventh in the world, represents Norway with Kris Ventura, while World No.10 Jon Rahm plays for Spain with fellow LIV Golf pro David Puig.
What Is The Controversy With The Netherlands Team?
Two players, Joost Luiten and Darius van Driel, had qualified for the Netherlands men's team, but they were denied the chance to appear after Dutch officials doubted their ability to compete for medals.
Luiten then won a court battle against the Netherlands Olympic Committee to compete, but in the end it was to no avail as by that time, the International Golf Federation had already given his place to Finland player Tapio Pulkkanen.
The upshot of it is that neither Luiten nor Van Driel - who has been replaced by Switzerland's Joel Girrbach - will compete, while the women's team will only have one player from the Netherlands in the field, Anne van Dam, after Dewi Weber was also denied a place with the Netherlands Olympic Committee saying the three players have “no reasonable chance of a top eight ranking during the Olympic Games.”
