With less than four months to go until the 2024 Olympic Games the race to earn a coveted spot in Paris is now heating up.
Sixty competitors from around the globe will take to the fairways at the prestigious Le Golf National – site of the 2018 Ryder Cup – in Paris, France between 7-10 August for the 72-hole stroke play individual event.
The Paris Games mark the third consecutive staging of golf at the Olympics after the long-awaited competition returned in 2016 for the Rio Games. Last time out in Tokyo it was USA’s Nelly Korda who secured gold with Japan’s Mone Inami earning silver and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko taking home the bronze.
Eligibility to compete in the Games will be determined by the Olympic Golf Rankings, which are calculated using a player’s position in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. The top 15 players in the Rolex Rankings will qualify for the Olympics, with a four-person limit for each country represented in the top 15.
From number 16 onwards eligibility will be based on Rolex Ranking. Each country that does not already have two or more players ranked inside the top 15 will have a two-person limit. A total of 60 players will tee it up in the women’s golf competition with the host country France guaranteed one of those 60 spots.
After the first six events of the 2024 Ladies European Tour (LET) schedule, several members have jumped into a qualification spot thanks to fantastic performances.
This includes three winners from this season, with Singapore’s Shannon Tan, Germany’s Alexandra Försterling, and the LET’s newest member, Mariajo Uribe from Colombia, now all inside the top 60 of the Olympic Golf Rankings.
Following her victory at the Aramco Team Series – Tampa Individual event – her third win in sixth months – Försterling said: “I would say it’s always been a dream to play in the Olympic Games and represent your country. You always watch it as a little kid so being there would be incredible. Especially because it’s also in Paris, not too far away from home. I already know the course and all this stuff, so playing in it would be amazing.”
Here’s a look at the Olympic Golf Rankings as of 9 April 2024 (LET members are listed in bold):
Nelly Korda – USA
Lilia Vu – USA
Céline Boutier – France
Yin Ruoning – China
Minjee Lee – Australia
Jin-young Ko – Republic of Korea
Charley Hull – Team GB
Lydia Ko – New Zealand
Hyo-joo Kim – Republic of Korea
Lin Xiyu – China
Atthaya Thitkul – Thailand
Megan Khang – USA
Brooke Henderson – Canada
Alison Lee – USA
Amy Yang – Republic of Korea
Nasa Hataoka – Japan
Hannah Green – Australia
Ayaka Furue – Japan
Patty Tavatanakit – Thailand
Linn Grant – Sweden
Ashleigh Buhai – South Africa
Georgia Hall – Team GB
Carlota Ciganda – Spain
Leona Maguire – Ireland
Aditi Ashok – India
Gaby López – Mexico
Maja Stark – Sweden
Albane Valenzuela – Switzerland
Alexandra Försterling – Germany
Esther Henseleit – Germany
Anne Van Dam – Netherlands
Emily Kristine Pedersen – Denmark
Azahara Muñoz – Spain
Perrine Delacour – France
Pei-Yun Chien – Chinesa Taipei
Stephanie Meadow – Ireland
Bianca Pagdanganan – Philippines
Nanna Koerstz Madsen – Denmark
Celine Borge – Norway
Diksha Dagar – India
Klara Davidson Spilkova – Czech Republic
María Fassi – Mexico
Wu Chia-Yen – Chinesa Taipei
Paula Reto – South Africa
Morgane Metraux – Switzerland
Alessandra Fanali – Italy
Manon De Roey – Belgium
Shannon Tan – Singapore
Mariajo Uribe – Colombia
Emma Spitz – Austria
Sara Kouskova – Czech Republic
Ashley Lau – Malaysia
Matilda Castren – Finland
Alena Sharp – Canada
Daniela Darquea – Ecuador
Natasha Oon – Malaysia
Madelene Stavnar – Norway
Dewi Weber – Netherlands
Virginia Elena Carta – Italy
Ursula Wikström – Finland
For more information about women’s golf at the Olympic Games, visit the International Golf Federation (IGF) and Paris 2024 websites.
