Paris 2024: Fields announced for Olympic golf competitions

The International Golf Federation (IGF) has announced the fields for the men’s and women’s Olympic golf competitions at Paris 2024. The men’s Olympic golf competition will take place from 1-4 August, while the women will compete from 7-10 August.

The Olympic golf competitions will be contested at Le Golf National, which annually hosts the FedEx Open de France on the DP World Tour and was the site of the 2018 Ryder Cup.

Once the Olympic Golf Rankings were finalised on 18 June and 25 June for the men’s and women’s Olympic golf competitions, respectively, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) then began the process of confirming their qualifiers for the competitions by 27 June (5 p.m. US Eastern Time). Past this deadline, all unused quota places were then reallocated as per the Qualification System for golf.

With 32 countries represented in the men’s Olympic golf competition and 33 in the women’s field, the composition of the Olympic fields highlights the broad global interest in golf and the opportunity to reach new audiences across all six different continents.

Golf is looking to continue building upon the success of the previous two Olympic golf competitions at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Paris 2024 will mark the fifth occasion in which golf has been featured as an Olympic sport, and just the third time since 1904.

In total, 38 different NOCs will be represented across both the men’s and women’s Olympic golf competitions, with the United States of America sending the most athletes: seven (four men, three women). The following is the full list of NOCs represented in the fields for the men’s and women’s Olympic golf competitions: Australia, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States of America.

In the men’s field, 10 of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, as of this week, are competing in the Olympic golf competition, including all of the top-5 ranked players. In the women’s field, all 15 of the top-15 ranked women in the Rolex Rankings, as of this week, are competing in the Olympic golf competition.

Field for the men's Olympic golf competition

Listed in alphabetical order of the NOCs

Field for the women's Olympic golf competition

Listed in alphabetical order of the NOCs

Update on Joost Luiten- statement from the IGF

When the IGF received notification of Joost Luiten's court ruling in the Netherlands and his entry from the Netherlands’ National Olympic Committee (NOC*NSF), his unused quota spot had already been reallocated pursuant to the IGF’s published qualification procedures.

The IGF was not a party to the legal action brought forth by Luiten in the Netherlands. Nevertheless, in an effort to support Luiten, the IGF sought an exception from the IOC to increase the field size of the men's Olympic golf competition from 60 to 61 competitors to include Luiten, however the request was denied by the IOC today.

The IGF has advised Luiten of the IOC's decision, and he has not informed the IGF whether he intends to pursue this matter further.

As well as the other Dutch players who has missed out on their opportunities to compete. Momoka Kobori will not be representing New Zealand. The LET player released a statement via her Instagram page that said:

"Although I met the qualification standards set by the IGF, I did not meet the additional selection criteria that the New Zealand Olympic Committee had in place, and therefore will not be competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

"I'm certainly disappointed that I have missed the opportunity to represent my country at the Olympics. But I'm grateful to the NZOC for giving me the opportunity to put my case forward. Although the outcome was not what I had hoped for, I have no regrets and look forward to the next opportunity in front of me."

We'll be sharing daily round ups from Paris 2024, so keep an eye on out on Women & Golf social media and bi-weekly newsletters this August.