The Olympic Women’s Golf Competition formally has a area of 60 individuals with the newest replace of the Rolex Rankings.
They will play at Le Golf National in Paris, the location of the 2018 Ryder Cup, from Aug. 7 to 10.
Two gamers from every nation can qualify except they rank inside the highest 15 within the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR). A most of 4 gamers from every nation are eligible.
Each match has a power of area score for the Olympic Golf Rankings primarily based on the standard of gamers throughout the area, just like the OWGR.
That determines the factors awarded at an occasion, that are then allotted to the gamers primarily based on the place they end. Better performances in stronger occasions result in extra factors.
Team USA has three of the highest 10 gamers: No. 1 Nelly Korda, No. 2 Lilia Vu, and No. 9 Rose Zhang. Korda has six wins on the season, together with 5 straight. However, Korda missed the reduce in her final three begins.
She received the gold medal by one stroke within the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo over silver medalist Mone Inami and bronze medalist Lydia Ko. Can she win her second gold in Paris or get on the rostrum?
South Korea can even have three Olympians after Amy Yang received the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Sunday. She will be part of Jin Young Ko and Hyo Joo Kim in Paris.
Yang’s addition to South Korea’s Olympic crew dropped Morocco’s Ines Laklalech, at No. 321, out of the competitors.
Charley Hull and Georgia Hall will signify Great Britain, whereas Ko appears to get again on the rostrum for New Zealand. Australian golfer Hannah Green can also be again within the Olympics after tying for fifth in Tokyo.
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The particular person groups and the individuals on every observe under, with their present world rating in parentheses.
United States
Nelly Korda (1)
Lilia Vu (2)
Rose Zhang (9)
South Korea
Jin Young Ko (3)
Amy Yang (5)
Hyo-Joo Kim (13)
China
Ruoning Yin (4)
Xiyu Lin (15)
France
Celine Boutier (6)
Perrine Delacour (75)
Australia
Hannah Green (7)
Minjee Lee (11)
Great Britain
Charley Hull (8)
Georgia Hall (36)
Japan
Yuka Saso (10)
Miyu Yamashita (19)
Thailand
Atthaya Thitikul (12)
Patty Tavatanakit (25)
Canada
Brooke M. Henderson (14)
Alena Sharp (292)
New Zealand
Lydia Ko (17)
Momoka Kobori (293)
Sweden
Maja Stark (21)
Linn Grant (26)
Spain
Carlota Ciganda (30)
Azahara Munoz (109)
Leona Maguire (32)
Stephanie Meadow (134)
South Africa
Ashleigh Buhai (41)
Paula Reto (196)
India
Aditi Ashok (60)
Diksha Dagar (167)
Mexico
Gaby Lopez (62)
Maria Fassi (186)
Germany
Esther Henseleit (64)
Alexandra Forsterling (69)
Switzerland
Albane Valenzuela (70)
Morgane Metraux (127)
Scotland
Gemma Dryburgh (79)
Denmark
Emily Kristine Pedersen (87)
Nanna Koerstz Madsen (106)
Taiwan
Peiyun Chien (88)
Wei-Ling Hsu (161)
Netherlands
Anne van Dam (108)
Dewi Weber (302)
Philippines
Bianca Pagdanganan (113)
Dottie Ardina (298)
Belgium
Manon de Roey (154)
Austria
Emma Spitz (178)
Singapore
Shannon Tan (181)
Norway
Celine Borge (187)
Madelene Stavnar (307)
Czech Republic
Klara Davidson Spilkova (192)
Sara Kouskova (290)
Colombia
Mariajo Uribe (198)
Italy
Alessandra Fanali (211)
Malaysia
Ashley Lau (279)
Finland
Ursula Wikstrom (286)
Noora Komulainen (301)
Slovakia
Ana Belac (288)
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