Who Will Qualify for the 2020 Olympics

The 2020 Olympic Games golf competition will start in Tokyo on July 30. Tony Jesselli takes a look at the format for Olympic golf and who would currently qualify using the Rolex World Rankings.

We are less than six months away from the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

How do the players qualify? Let’s take a look

Qualifications will be based on the world rankings as of June 29, 2020, with a total of 60 players qualifying.

All players who are ranked in the top 15 of the Rolex Rankings as of June 29, 2020, will automatically qualify. The only exception to this is that one country may not have more than 4 players.

The remaining spots will go to the highest-ranked players from countries that do not already have 2 golfers qualified.

The International Golf Federation has guaranteed that at least one golfer from each geographical region (America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) will qualify.

Maria Fassi at the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship | Photo by Ben Harpring

Here is the Format for Golf in the Olympics

Seventy-two holes of individual stroke play (four rounds scheduled over four consecutive days). The player with the lowest aggregate score wins. In the event of a tie for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place, a playoff will determine the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners.

For all rounds, the intention is to play in groups of three off the first tee. Pairings will be published no later than 2 days before the start of the first round. For rounds 3 and 4, pairings will be done using the accumulative score of the previous round, with the leaders teeing off last.

Who Would Qualify Using Today’s Rankings

If the event was held today, the following players would qualify. Based on Rolex World Women’s Golf Rankings 1/27/20.

Charley Hull at the 2018 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship. | Photo by Ben Harpring

Aditi Ashok at the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship | Photo by Ben Harpring

Jin Young Ko (RR #1) KOR
Sung Hyun Park (#2) KOR
Nelly Korda (#3) USA
Nasa Hataoka (#4) JPN
Danielle Kang (#5) USA
Sei Young Kim (#6) KOR
Brooke Henderson (#7) CAN
Jeongeun Lee6 (#8) KOR
Minjee Lee (#9) AUS
Lexi Thompson (#10) USA
Hinako Shibuno (#11) JPN
Ariya Jutanugarn (#13) THA
Ai Suzuki (#14) JAP
Carlota Ciganda (#15) ESP
Hannah Green (#22) AUS
Shanshan Feng (#23) CHN
Charley Hull (#26) GBR
Bronte Law (#32) GBR
Yu Liu (#35) CHN
Caroline Masson (#37) GER
Moriya Jutanugarn (#38) THA
Lydia Ko (#42) NZL
Gaby Lopez (#43) MEX
Azahara Munoz (#44) ESP
Celine Boutier (#53) FRA
Madelene Sagstron (#55) SWE
Nanna Koerstz Madsen (#66) DEN
Nicole Broch Larsen (#74) DEN
Teresa Lu (#85) TPE
Anna Nordqvist (#95) SWE
Anne Van Dam (#97) NED
Wei-Ling Hsu (#98) TPE
Ashleigh Buhai (#104) RSA
Alena Sharp (#111) CAN
Esther Henseleit (#128) GER
Maria Fernanda Torres (#135) PUR
Aditi Ashok (#147) IND
Marianne Skarpnord (#153) NOR
Mariajo Uribe (#168) COL
Daniela Darquea (#186) ECU
Tiffany Chan (#206) HKG
Cristine Wolf (#213) AUT
Stephanie Meadow (#228) NIR
Guilia Molinaro (#234) ITA
Klara Spilkova (#253) CZE
Leona Maguire (#256) IRL
Perrine Delacour (#262) FRA
Manon De Roey (#285) BEL
Yuka Saso (#287) PHI
Clariss Guce (#295) PHI
Sanna Nuutinen (#296) FIN
Maria Fassi (#298) MEX
Ursula Wikstrom (#303) FIN
Lee-Anne Pace (#310) RSA
Tonje Daffinrud (#318) NOR
Julieta Granada (#324) PAR
Diksha Dagar (#358) IND
Laetitia Beck (#379) ISR
Katja Pogacar (#399) SLO
Albane Valenzuela (#403) SUI

The Republic of Korea would send four players. Highly ranked Hyo-Joo Kim (#12), Inbee Park (#16), So Yeon Ryu (#18), and Amy Yang (#20) would not be on the team unless they pass one of the four players currently ahead of them in the Rolex Rankings.

Jeongeun Lee6 at the 2019 US Women’s Open | Photo by Ben Harpring

The USA would have three players on the team. Highly ranked Jessica Korda (#17), and Lizette Salas (#19) would not be on the team. Either player could make the team automatically by moving into the top 15 of the Rolex Rankings.

I will update this again as we get closer to the deadline.

Other LPGA Stats & Facts

Although the LPGA is just two tournaments into their 2020 schedule, they are off to a flying start. The first tournament went to a playoff (Gaby Lopez defeated Inbee Park and Nasa Hataoka), and the second tournament brought us a first-time winner in Madelene Sagstrom (one stroke over Nasa Hataoka).

Nasa Hataoka, Celine Boutier, and Sei Young Kim are the only players who finished in the top ten in both tournaments.
Brittany Altomare has made 34 consecutive cuts. That leads the LPGA by a wide margin.
Rolex Rankings Movers of the Week:

Jennifer Kupcho moves into the top 50 for the first time in her very young career. She moves up four spots this week to No. 48.

Madelene Sagstrom is the week’s biggest mover, leaping up from No. 116 to No. 55. Further down the rankings, Cydney Clanton’s top ten finish moved her up 46 spots to No. 156, while Klara Spilkova’s top ten finish moved her up 120 spots from No. 373 to No. 253.

Tony

Feature photo of Nelly Korda at the 2019 CME Group Tour Championship and all other photos were taken by Women’s Golf photographer, Ben Harpring.

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