Team USA will be represented by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, defending gold medalist Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa in Paris
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – USA GOLF announced the four men that will represent the United States at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, set for August 1-4 at Le Golf National.
As the top-four ranked Americans in the men’s Olympic Golf Ranking, Scottie Scheffler (No. 1), Xander Schauffele (No. 3), Wyndham Clark (No. 5) and Collin Morikawa (No. 7) have each qualified to represent Team USA.
The Olympics have come a long way in the 12 years since golf first returned to the program, mostly measured by attendance.
Hardly anyone is staying home this year.
Bernd Wiesberger was one of two eligible players who pulled out, and even that was curious.
Wiesberger was the third-ranked Austrian until he tied for second in the European Open, suddenly moving past Matthias Schwab. And then he withdrew almost immediately, not a big surprise because Wiesberger also withdrew from the Tokyo Games.
Cristobal Del Solar of Chile also pulled out, mainly because he is on the cusp of getting a PGA Tour card for the first time and didn’t want to sacrifice time away from the Korn Ferry Tour.
The rest of the eligible players are all in for Paris.
Adam Scott has been opposed to golf in the Olympics from the start and withdrew again. Brooks Koepka and Tyrrell Hatton also withdrew, though neither of them was eligible.
It stands in sharp contrast to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where the top four players in the world — Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day — were among a dozen or so players who stayed home.
That had mainly to do with concerns over the Zika virus. McIlroy said later he resented the Olympics forcing him to decide between Ireland and Britain, but he came around and played for Irish golf in Tokyo.
The Tokyo Games, postposed a year to 2021, featured no fans because of the pandemic and daily COVID-19 tests. Eleven players chose not to play, a list that included Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Matt Fitzpatrick, Louis Oosthuizen, Francesco Molinari and Camilo Villegas.
Three players who chose not to play in Tokyo — Villegas, Fitzpatrick and Emiliano Grillo — are headed to Paris. The others were not eligible.
Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau intended to play in Tokyo until they returned a positive COVID-19 test and were forced out. Rahm will be in Paris. DeChambeau is second alternate.
But it’s a refreshing change that no one is talking about who’s not going to the Olympics, at least with the men. It was never an issue for the women, who have turned out in full force since the start.
For the men, the 60-player Olympic field will have eight of the top 10 players and 13 of the top 25. Countries get two players — a maximum of four if all are among the top 15 — meaning every eligible player will be at Le Golf National.
Team USA will be represented by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, defending gold medalist Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa in Paris
USA GOLF announced the four men that will represent the United States at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, set for August 1-4 at Le Golf National.
As the top-four ranked Americans in the men’s Olympic Golf Ranking, Scottie Scheffler (No. 1), Xander Schauffele (No. 3), Wyndham Clark (No. 5) and Collin Morikawa (No. 7) have each qualified to represent Team USA.
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Publish date : 2024-07-02 12:29:40
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