Rory McIlroy and John Rahm spearhead the 60-strong field, which also includes surprise Indian entry Anirban Lahiri, at the Tokyo 2020 golf tournament.
Spaniard John Rahm had bagged the US Open crowd on Sunday. Two days later, he finds his place in the 60-strong field as golf will make its debut at the Olympic Games. Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, big-hitting American Bryson DeChambeau and Japan’s history-making Masters winner, MATSUYAMA Hideki also make the list along with 2018 Ryder Cup-winning Brits (for Europe), Paul Casey and Tommy Fleetwood, according to an Olymic.com report.
The field was drawn from the Official World Golf Ranking after the US Open finished on Sunday. The women’s draw will be taken from the Rolex Rankings following the Women’s PGA Championship next week.
Big names like Spain’s Sergio Garcia, America’s Dustin Johnson, Australia’s Adam Scott and Germany’s Martin Kaymer had opted out ot the Olympics.
No country can qualify more than four golfers (and no more than two if any are ranked outside the top 15), which is why world number 340, Anirban Lahiri of India also made the cut.
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Olympic men’s golf field:
Jon Rahm (ESP), Justin Thomas (USA), Collin Morikawa (USA), Xander Schauffele (USA). Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Rory McIlroy (IRL), Viktor Hovland (NOR), Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), Paul Casey (GBR, Abraham Ancer (MEX), Sungjae Im (KOR), Cameron Smith (AUS), Joaquin Niemann (CHI), Tommy Fleetwood (GBR), Corey Conners (CAN), Victor Perez (FRA), Garrick Higgo (RSA), Shane Lowry (IRL), Marc Leishman (AUS), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA), Siwoo Kim (KOR), Carlos Ortiz (MEX).
Mackenzie Hughes (CAN), Sebastian Munoz (COL), Guido Migliozzi (ITA), Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Rikuya Hoshino (JPN),Antoine Rozner (FRA), Thomas Detry (BEL), Alex Noren (SWE), Thomas Pieters (BEL), Kalle Samooja (FIN), Matthias Schwab (AUT), Rasmus Hojgaard (DEN), Sami Valimaki (FIN).
Jazz Janewattananond (THA), Jhonattan Vegas (VEN), Francesco Molinari (ITA), Henrik Norlander (SWE), Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP), Guillermo Mito Pereira (CHI), Joachim Hansen (DEN), Rory Sabbatini (SVK), Sepp Straka (AUT), Ryan Fox (NZL), CT Pan (TPE), Adrian Meronk (POL).
Maximilian Kieffer (GER), Juvic Pagunsan (PHI), Ondrej Lieser (CZE), Scott Vincent (ZIM), Gunn Charoenkul (THA), Hurly Long (GER), Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR), Rafael Campos (PUR), Gavin Green (MAS), Carl Yuan (CHN), Kristian Krogh Johannessen (NOR), Wu Ashun (CHN), Anirban Lahiri (IND).
The golf competition at the Tokyo Games will start on July 29.
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