2024 Olympic Games: A year to go

With a year to go until the Olympic Games, we take a look at how to qualify and who is currently in line to play at Le Golf National in Paris in 2024.

There is a year to go until the Olympics takes centre stage in Paris in 2024.

Following the success of Justin Rose and Xander Schauffele's victories in 2016 and 2021, golf will make it's third appearance this century at the Olympics, having returned to the games nearly 100 years after being part of the programme in 1900 and 1904.

Le Golf National, venue of 2018 Ryder Cup and multiple editions of the Open de France, will play host to the contest next summer as the world's best compete to win a gold medal. Find out everything you need to know about the number of athletes, the pathway to qualification below, and who is currently in line to make it.

How many golfers will compete at the Olympics in Paris 2024?

There will be 120 athletes competing in the golf competition of Paris 2024, 60 in each of the men’s and women’s events, which is exactly the same amount as Tokyo 2020.

The host nation France will secure two quota places, one per gender. The other 118 quota places (59 per gender) will be decided by the Olympic Golf Ranking (OGR) in one years' time.

No Universality places will be directly allocated as part of the athletes’ quota. However, they may be offered to NOCs within the reallocation process for unused host country places.

What is the golf qualification pathway to Paris 2024?

Golf’s quota places for Paris 2024 will be decided according to the OGR (Olympic Golf Ranking) of 17 June 2024 for men and 24 June 2024 for women.

Points are awarded to athletes based on their final positions in each event, with performances in events with stronger fields earning more points, in accordance with a points distribution schedule approved by the International Golf Federation (IGF). The OGR is ordered according to the average points that athletes manage to accumulate over the applicable two-year period.

Ranking points for each player accumulate over a two-year “rolling” period with the points awarded in the most recent 13-week period weighted at 100% of their original value. After the initial 13-week period, the points are devalued by 1.1% for each of the next 91 weeks before they drop entirely off the athlete’s two-year record.

The top 15 athletes on the OGR will be selected by name and secure their Olympic quota places, with a maximum of four athletes per NOC.

Following that, athletes ranked from 16th place onwards on the OGR will be selected by name and allocated their quota places, with up to a maximum of two athletes per NOC, including those athletes within the top 15, until the number of 59 athletes is reached, including continental places.

Each of the five continents of the Olympic Movement will be guaranteed at least one athlete in each of the women’s and men’s events respectively. If they have not automatically qualified in accordance with the above, the continental places will be allocated to the highest-ranked athlete(s) on the OGR from the continent(s) without representation.

Click here for the current list of qualified atthlets

Who is currently in line to qualify for Paris 2024?

As it stands, a total of 60 golfers from 33 countries are in line to qualify for the Olympics in 2024. The USA have the most qualified players with four players inside the top ten in the OWGR.

*Table correct as of 24/07/2023