International Golf Federation condemns Dutch officials for 'unfairly' denying golfers entry into the 2024 Olympics- "They earned the right to compete"

The 2024 Olympics will be held in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11. 60 players worldwide have qualified for the men's and women's golf events.

Despite three of the LPGA Tour and PGA Tour's best players of Dutch origin having qualified for the 2024 Olympics, their country has forbidden them from participating.

Dewi Weber is one of the stars who is barred by the government of the Netherlands. According to Golf Digest's Kent Paisley, the golfer was told that she is "not worthy" of representing the Netherlands and "not worth it going to the Olympics" by the Dutch Olympic Federation.

Joost Luiten and Darius van Driel are the other two golfers who are held back by the Dutch government.

The International Golf Federation slammed the country's decision and spoke out about the 'unfair' situation. Here's what they had to say.

"The International Golf Federation (IGF) is extremely disappointed for our three qualified athletes who will miss out on competing at Paris 2024 due to the decision by the Dutch Olympic Committee (...) Dewi Weber, Joost Luiten and Darius Van Driel all earned the right to compete in the Olympic golf competition at Paris 2024 based on their impressive play over the two-year qualifying period."

Since the three players have been denied entry into the Olympics by the Dutch Olympic Officials, other countries have put up their players into the field in their places. Joost Luiten and Darius van Driel are being replaced by Joel Girrbach and Tapio Pulkkanen from Switzerland and Finland respectively. Austria's Sarah Schober will replace Dewi Weber.

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Full list of golfers who have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics

Below is the full list of players who will be competing in the golf events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The players' Rolex world rankings are mentioned in parentheses.

Women's event

U.S.

• Nelly Korda (1)
• Lilia Vu (2)
• Rose Zhang (9)

SOUTH KOREA

• Jin Young Ko (3)
• Amy Yang (5)
• Hyo-Joo 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 M. 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)

DENMARK

• Emily Kristine Pedersen (87)
• Nanna Koerstz Madsen (106)

CHINESE TAPEI

• Peiyun Chien (88)
• Wei-Ling Hsu (161)

NETHERLANDS

• Anne van Dam (108)

PHILIPPINES

• Bianca Pagdanganan (113)
• Dottie Ardina (298)

BELGIUM

• Manon de Roey (154)

AUSTRIA

• Emma Spitz (178)
• Sarah Schober (330)

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

• Ursula Wikstrom (286)
• Noora Komulainen (301)

SLOVENIA

• Ana Belac (288)

MOROCCO

• Ines Laklalech (321)

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Men's event

USA

• Scottie Scheffler (1)
• Xander Schauffele (3)
• Wyndham Clark (5)
• Collin Morikawa (7)

Ireland

• Rory McIlroy (2)
• Shane Lowry (33)

Sweden

• Ludvig Åberg (4)
• Alex Noren (55)

Norway

• Viktor Hovland (6)
• Kris Ventura (281)

Spain

• Jon Rahm (9)
• David Puig (113)

Japan

• Hideki Matsuyama (12)
• Keita Nakajima (83)

Great Britain

• Tommy Fleetwood (13)
• Matt Fitzpatrick (18)

France

• Matthieu Pavon (20)
• Victor Perez (78)

Austria

• Sepp Straka (21)

Australia

• Jason Day (24)
• Min Woo Lee (36)

South Korea

• Tom Kim (26)
• Byeong Hun An (27)

Canada

• Nick Taylor (35)
• Corey Conners (37)

South Africa

• Christiaan Bezuidenhout (40)
• Erik van Rooyen (67)

Germany

• Stephan Jaeger (42)
• Matti Schmid (134)

Denmark

• Nicolai Hojgaard (44)
• Thorbjorn Olesen (85)

Belgium

• Thomas Detry (48)
• Adrien Dumont de Chassart (187)

Argentina

• Emiliano Grillo (52)
• Alejandro Tosti (98)

New Zealand

• Ryan Fox (59)
• Daniel Hillier (190)

Poland

• Adrian Meronk (73)

Chile

• Joaquin Niemann (99)
• Mito Pereira (272)

Finland

• Sami Valimaki (100)
• Tapio Pulkkanen (378)

Chinese Taipei

• Kevin Yu (108)
• C.T. Pan (140)

China

• Carl Yuan (155)
• Marty Zecheng Dou (338)

Colombia

• Camilo Villegas (177)
• Nico Echevarria (269)

Italy

• Matteo Manassero (180)
• Guido Migliozzi (198)

India

• Subshankar Sharma (219)
• Gaganjeet Bhullar (261)

Puerto Rico

• Rafael Campos (221)

Mexico

• Carlos Ortiz (240)
• Abraham Ancer (312)

Thailand

• Kiradech Aphibarnrat (242)
• Phachara Khongwatmai (287)

Malaysia

• Gavin Green (257)

Paraguay

• Fabrizio Zanotti (343)

Switzerland

• Joel Girrbach (366)