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Final Olympic Golf  2016   Rankings Published

Peter Dawson, President of the IGF (International Golf Federation) , said: “After eight years of intense planning and preparation for golf’s historic return to the Olympic Games, the IGF is extremely excited finally to have reached this important milestone of identifying those players who are eligible to compete in Rio de Janeiro.

“We are particularly gratified to see how many countries are represented among the men and women and anticipate compelling competitions for both on the outstanding golf course that Gil Hanse and Amy Alcott have created. It has taken a tremendous amount of work by a number of people to get to this stage, and we at the IGF are extremely grateful for the role each and every one of them has played in making this possible.”

The two-year qualification process for golf’s return to the Olympic Games for the first time in 112 years has been completed with the publication today of the Final Olympic Golf Rankings.

With no fewer than 40 countries included in the Final Rankings across the men’s and women’s competitions, to be played at Reserva de Marapendi Golf Course between August 11 and 20, the composition of the Olympic fields will highlight the broad global diversity of the sport in Rio de Janeiro.

Already, the ‘Olympic effect’ can be witnessed by the increase in the number of National Federations under the umbrella of the International Golf Federation (IGF), which has grown from just over 100 to an all-time high of 147, with opportunities arising for increased support to grow the game.

The Olympic golf competitions, beginning with the men from August 11-14 followed by the women from August 17-20, will have a potential global audience of around 3.6 billion, representing the ultimate shop-window for the sport and having the capacity to reach a brand new audience, especially among the younger generation across all the continents.

Qualification began on July 14, 2014 and concluded Sunday, July 10. The full list of qualifiers confirms the names of the 120 players – 60 male and 60 female – who are now eligible to be entered by their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in accordance with the qualification criteria.

The IGF will send confirmation of the quota places to the NOCs no later than 17.00 Eastern US time Tuesday, July 1). The NOCs will then confirm use of allocated quota places to the IGF who, in turn, will reallocate all unused quota places before the Rio 2016 Sport Entries Deadline on July 18.

The IGF will publish a further list of 60 names for both the men’s and women’s events on Monday, July 18, which will provide ratification of all the competitors who will comprise the respective fields at the Olympic Games.

The Final Rankings underline the diversity of the fields who will tee off in Olympic competition next month for the first time in over a century, with a total of 40 countries being represented across both the men’s and women’s events.

Additionally, every continent is represented in the Rankings, affording golf a unique opportunity to grow the game in unexposed territories and to achieve greater visibility with the potential television audience during the Games in Rio.  Across the two individual competitions, Africa has eight eligible players; Asia 29; Australasia & Oceania eight; Europe 52; North America 11; South America 12.

Olympic Rankings Women:
1 Lydia Ko NZL
2 Brooke M. Henderson CAN
3 Inbee Park KOR
4 Lexi Thompson USA
5 Sei Young Kim KOR
6 Amy Yang KOR
7 Ariya Jutanugarn THA
8 In Gee Chun KOR
9 Stacy Lewis USA
10 Anna Nordqvist SWE
11 Shanshan Feng CHN
12 Minjee Lee AUS
13 Gerina Piller USA
14 Suzann Pettersen NOR
15 Harukyo Nomura JPN
16 Charley Hull GBR
17 Teresa Lu TPE
18 Candie Kung TPE
19 Pornanong Phatlum THA
20 Carlota Ciganda ESP
21 Su-Hyun Oh AUS
22 Shiho Oyama JPN
23 Azahara Munoz ESP
24 Xiyu Lin CHN
25 Sandra Gal GER
26 Karine Icher FRA
27 Catriona Matthew GBR
28 Caroline Masson GER
29 Nicole Broch Larsen DEN
30 Pernilla Lindberg SWE
31 Alena Sharp CAN
32 Gaby Lopez MEX
33 Mariajo Uribe COL
34 Nanna Koerstz Madsen DEN
35 Christel Boeljon NED
36 Paula Reto RSA
37 Gwladys Nocera FRA
38 Julieta Granada PAR
39 Kelly Tan MAS
40 Marianne Skarpnord NOR
41 Ashleigh Simon RSA
42 Laetitia Beck ISR
43 Giulia Molinaro ITA
44 Ursula Wikstrom FIN
45 Noora Tamminen FIN
46 Klara Spilkova CZE
47 Christine Wolf AUT
48 Giulia Sergas ITA
49 Maria Verchenova RUS
50 Leona Maguire IRL
51 Anne Van Dam NED
52 Albane Valenzuela SUI
53 Alejandra Llaneza MEX
54 Chloe Leurquin BEL
55 Fabienne In-Albon SUI
56 Tiffany Chan HKG
57 Michelle Koh MAS
58 Aditi Ashok IND
59 Miriam Nagl BRA
60 Cathryn Bristow NZL

Olympic Rankings Man:
1 Bubba Watson USA
2 Henrik Stenson SWE
3 Rickie Fowler USA
4 Danny Willett GBR
5 Justin Rose GBR
6 Sergio Garcia ESP
7 Patrick Reed USA
8 Matt Kuchar USA
9 Rafa Cabrera Bello ESP
10 Byeong Hun An KOR
11 Thongchai Jaidee THA
12 Danny Lee NZL
13 Emiliano Grillo ARG
14 David Lingmerth SWE
15 Soren Kjeldsen DEN
16 Bernd Wiesberger AUT
17 Martin Kaymer GER
18 Kiradech Aphibarnrat THA
19 Francesco Molinari ITA
20 Anirban Lahiri IND
21 Thorbjorn Olesen DEN
22 Joost Luiten NED
23 Thomas Pieters BEL
24 Jaco Van Zyl RSA
25 Fabian Gomez ARG
26 Jeunghun Wang KOR
27 Scott Hend AUS
28 Marcus Fraser AUS
29 Brandon Stone RSA
30 Yuta Ikeda JPN
31 Shingo Katayama JPN
32 Gregory Bourdy FRA
33 Julien Quesne FRA
34 Nicolas Colsaerts BEL
35 Ricardo Gouveia POR
36 David Hearn CAN
37 Wu Ashun CHN
38 Miguel Tabuena PHI
39 Hao Tong Li CHN
40 Alex Cejka GER
41 Graham DeLaet CAN
42 Fabrizio Zanotti PAR
43 Padraig Harrington IRL
44 Ryan Fox NZL
45 SSP Chawrasia IND
46 Danny Chia MAS
47 Mikko Ilonen FIN
48 Jhonattan Vegas VEN
49 Felipe Aguilar CHI
50 Cheng Tsung Pan TPE
51 Adilson da Silva BRA
52 Seamus Power IRL
53 Espen Kofstad NOR
54 Roope Kakko FIN
55 Nino Bertasio ITA
56 Siddikur Rahman BAN
57 Camilo Villegas COL
58 Wen-Tang Lin TPE
59 Angelo Que PHI
60 Gavin Kyle Green MAS

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