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Projected Olympic Golf Fields
Golf returns to the Olympics this August, and the field for both the men's (Aug. 11-14) and women's (Aug. 18-21) tournaments are already taking shape. Contestants will be determined by the Olympic Rankings, which are based off the world rankings. Qualifying, which concludes July 11, adheres to a few important guidelines.
It's also interesting to note that the cut off for qualifying comes before this year's British Open and PGA Championship. In any event, here are the golfers who would earn the right to go to Rio if qualifying ended now.
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UPDATED: June 6
Men's Projected Field:
1 Jason Day AUS
2 Jordan Spieth USA
3 Rory McIlroy IRL
4 Bubba Watson USA
5 Rickie Fowler USA
6 Dustin Johnson USA
7 Henrik Stenson SWE
8 Danny Willett GBR
9 Justin Rose GBR
10 Branden Grace RSA
11 Sergio Garcia ESP
12 H. Matsuyama JPN
13 Byeong Hun An KOR
14 R Cabrera Bello ESP
15 K.T. Kim KOR
16 Shane Lowry IRL
17 Danny Lee NZL
18 Soren Kjeldsen DEN
19 Emiliano Grillo ARG
20 B. Wiesberger AUT
21 K. Aphibarnrat THA
22 David Lingmerth SWE
23 T. Jaidee THA
24 Martin Kaymer GER
25 Jaco Van Zyl RSA
26 Anirban Lahiri IND
27 Thomas Pieters BEL
28 Fabian Gomez ARG
29 Joost Luiten NED
30 Victor Dubuisson FRA
31 T. Olesen DEN
32 Marcus Fraser AUS
33 F. Molinari ITA
34 Yuta Ikeda JPN
35 Alexander Levy FRA
36 Ricardo Gouveia POR
37 Miguel Tabuena PHI
38 David Hearn CAN
39 Hao Tong Li CHN
40 Alex Cejka GER
41 Graham DeLaet CAN
42 Fabrizio Zanotti PAR
43 Nicolas Colsaerts BEL
44 SSP Chawrasia IND
45 WC Liang CHN
46 Ryan Fox NZL
47 Danny Chia MAS
48 Jhonattan Vegas VEN
49 Mikko Ilonen FIN
50 Camilo Villegas COL
51 Adilson da Silva BRA
52 Angelo Que PHI
53 B. de Jonge ZIM
54 Felipe Aguilar CHI
55 Roope Kakko FIN
56 Siddikur Rahman BAN
57 C. Tsung Pan TPE
58 R. Cazaubon MEX
59 Gavin Kyle Green MAS
60 Wen-Tang Lin TPE
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Women's Projected Field:
1 Lydia Ko NZL
2 Inbee Park KOR
3 Lexi Thompson USA
4 B. Henderson CAN
5 Sei Young Kim KOR
6 Stacy Lewis USA
7 In Gee Chun KOR
8 Ha-Na Jang KOR
9 Ariya Jutanugarn THA
10 Shanshan Feng CHN
11 Minjee Lee AUS
12 Gerina Piller USA
13 Suzann Pettersen NOR
14 Anna Nordqvist SWE
15 Harukyo Nomura JPN
16 Teresa Lu TPE
17 Charley Hull GBR
18 P. Phatlum THA
19 Lee-Anne Pace RSA
20 Candie Kung TPE
21 Mika Miyazato JPN
22 Azahara Munoz ESP
23 Carlota Ciganda ESP
24 Karrie Webb AUS
25 Xiyu Lin CHN
26 Karine Icher FRA
27 Sandra Gal GER
28 Caroline Masson GER
29 C Matthew GBR
30 N. Broch Larsen DEN
31 Pernilla Lindberg SWE
32 Mariajo Uribe COL
33 Julieta Granada PAR
34 Paula Reto RSA
35 Gwladys Nocera FRA
36 N. Madsen DEN
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37 Alena Sharp CAN
38 Christel Boeljon NED
39 M Skarpnord NOR
40 Gaby Lopez MEX
41 Kelly Tan MAS
42 Laetitia Beck ISR
43 Ursula Wikstrom FIN
44 Klara Spilkova CZE
45 Noora Tamminen FIN
46 Christine Wolf AUT
47 M. Verchenova RUS
48 Giulia Sergas ITA
49 Giulia Molinaro ITA
50 Leona Maguire IRL
51 Anne Van Dam NED
52 A. Llaneza MEX
53 F. In-Albon SUI
54 Chloe Leurquin BEL
55 Michelle Koh MAS
56 Liv Cheng NZL
57 Aditi Ashok IND
58 S. Meadow IRL
59 Miriam Nagl BRA
60 Victoria Lovelady BRA