The lads’s golf event on the Paris Olympics has accomplished its qualification course of following the current US Open, revealing a stunning absence: regardless of his current victory on the US Open, Bryson DeChambeau won’t be competing within the Olympic occasion.
The sphere of 60 gamers set to compete for medals at Le Golf Nationwide from August 1-4 is now finalized and contains well-known names from the golf world.
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Since its reintroduction in 2016, golf has solidified its place within the Olympic program, attracting high gamers, albeit with important limitations on participant numbers per nation.
Qualification standards stipulate that the highest 15 gamers on the planet rankings are eligible, with a most of 4 gamers per nation. Amongst these, the US options prominently with Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Whyndam Clark, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Brian Harman, Sahith Theegala, and Max Homa.
Nevertheless, DeChambeau misses out resulting from guidelines prioritizing the highest 4 from every nation within the rankings. Expressing his disappointment, DeChambeau advised ESPN, “I hope sometime this will get resolved and I can play within the Video games. I’m taking part in nice golf, I’m excited, however am I annoyed and disillusioned? Sure, completely I’m.” Along with the highest 15 on the planet rankings, the Olympic Golf Rating is used to fill remaining spots, with a restrict of two gamers per nation, supplied they don’t seem to be already among the many high 15.
As an example, Spain has Jon Rahm qualifying by way of the world rankings and David Puig by way of the Olympic Rating, the latter famous for his performances on the Asian Tour regardless of his affiliation with LIV Golf. Past the US, different notable pairs set to compete in Paris embrace Rory McIlroy – Shane Lowry (Eire), Tommy Fleetwood – Matt Fitzpatrick (United Kingdom), Ludvig Averg – Alex Noren (Sweden), Hideki Matsuyama – Keita Nakajima (Japan), Jason Day – Min Woo Lee (Australia), Tom Kim – Byeong Hun An (South Korea), and Nick Taylor – Corey Conners (Canada).
The Olympic golf competitors guarantees to be an thrilling occasion as soon as once more, with representatives from world wide vying for Olympic glory at Le Golf Nationwide this summer season.
