Gold medalist Nelly Korda headlines women's golf field at Summer Olympics in Paris
It was dramatic to the finish. Amy Yang clinched her first major championship at the KPMG Women’s PGA and with it, a berth into the Paris Olympics. Yang wasn’t the only one to shore up a spot in the 60-player field with strong play in Sammamish, Washington. Runner-up Miyu Yamashita of Japan did the same.
The field was finalized on Monday after the conclusion of the third women’s major of the season. The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin with the men’s competition Aug. 1-4, followed by the women’s event Aug. 7-10. Le Golf National, the 2018 Ryder Cup venue and home of the DP World Tour’s Open de France, will host.
LPGA Hall of Fame member Inbee Park won gold at the 2016 Olympic Games while current No. 1 Nelly Korda won in 2021.
The International Golf Federation utilizes the Rolex Rankings to create its own Olympic Golf Rankings. The top 15 players in the world are eligible for Paris, with a limit of four players from any given country. The rest of the field comes straight from the rankings, with a maximum of two eligible players from each country that does not already have two or more players in the top 15.
The race to make Japan’s team got heated after Yuka Saso won the U.S. Women’s Open, and then took a controversial turn after Nasa Hataoka was disqualified at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Hataoka was subsequently passed in the rankings by Ayaka Furue, who tied for second at ShopRite.
In the end Yamashita, a JLPGA player who also tied for 12th at the U.S. Women’s Open, passed them both with her fine play at Sahalee.
American Ally Ewing tied for fifth at the KPMG and took a share of third at the USWO, but it wasn’t enough. She came up one spot short, moving up to 16th in the Rolex Rankings.
For the first time, no country in Paris will have four representatives.
Here’s a look at the final women’s field for the 2024 Paris Olympics (Rolex Rankings in parentheses):
UNITED STATES
Nelly Korda (1)
Lilia Vu (2)
Rose Zhang (9)
SOUTH KOREA
Jin Young Ko (3)
Amy Yang (5)
Hyo Koo Kim (13)
CHINA
Ruoning Yin (4)
Xiyu Lin (15)
FRANCE
Celine Boutier (6)
Perrine Delacour (75)
AUSTRALIA
Hannah Green (7)
Minjee Lee (11)
GREAT BRITAIN
Charley Hull (8)
Georgia Hall (36)
JAPAN
Yuka Saso (10)
Miyu Yamashita (19)
THAILAND
Atthaya Thitikul (12)
Patty Tavatanakit (25)
CANADA
Brooke Henderson (14)
Alena Sharp (292)
NEW ZEALAND
Lydia Ko (17)
Momoka Kobori (293)
SWEDEN
Maja Stark (21)
Linn Grant (26)
SPAIN
Carlota Ciganda (30)
Azahara Munoz (109)
IRELAND
Leona Maguire (32)
Stephanie Meadow (134)
SOUTH AFRICA
Ashleigh Buhai (41)
Paula Reto (196)
INDIA
Aditi Ashok (60)
Diksha Dagar (167)
MEXICO
Gaby Lopez (62)
Maria Fassi (186)
GERMANY
Esther Henseleit (64)
Alexandra Forsterling (69)
SWITZERLAND
Albane Valenzuela (70)
Morgane Metraux (127)
SCOTLAND
Gemma Dryburgh (79)
DENMARK
Emily Kristine Pedersen (87)
Nanna Koerstz Madsen (106)
CHINESE TAIPEI
Peiyun Chien (88)
Wei-Ling Hsu (161)
NETHERLANDS
Anne van Dam (108)
Dewi Weber (302)
PHILIPPINES
Bianca Pagdanganan (113)
Dottie Ardina (298)
BELGIUM
Manon De Roey (154)
AUSTRIA
Emma Spitz (178)
SINGAPORE
Shannon Tan (181)
NORWAY
Celine Borge (187)
Madelene Stavnar (307)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Klara Davidson Spilkova (192)
Sara Kouskova (290)
COLOMBIA
Mariajo Uribe (198)
ITALY
Alessandra Fanali (211)
MALAYSIA
Ashley Lau (279)
FINLAND
Ursala Wikstrom (286)
Noora Komulainen (301)
SLOVENIA
Ana Belac (288)
This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Nelly Korda headlines 2024 Paris Summer Olympics women's golf field