Who is playing golf in the Olympics 2024? Full field of men's and women's golfers explored

The golf event at the 2024 Olympics is scheduled to be held between August 1 and 10, with the men’s competition being player between Aug. 1-4 and the women’s Aug. 7-10. A total of 120 golfers have qualified for the event, with 60 women golfers qualifying from 33 countries and 60 men golfers entering from 32 countries.

The competition, being played at the Le Golf National, the 2018 Ryder Cup venue and home of the DP World Tour’s Open de France since 1991, will see the golfers compete for the golf medal. Paris will mark the third consecutive Summer Games to include golf since its comeback in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

The men’s golf event will be headlined by the defending gold medalist and World No.2 Xander Schauffele. The 30-year-old, who won in Tokyo by beating Slovakia’s Rory Sabbatini and Chinese Taipei’s CT Pan, returns next month as a two-time major champion.

The PGA Championship and The Open winner will be joined by Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler on the US Olympics team.

Ireland’s Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy, Spain’s Jon Rahm and David Puig and Australia’s Jason Day and Min Woo Lee are some pairings to watch at Le Golf National in August. Host nation France will have Matthieu Pavon and Victor Perez competing for the flag.

Meanwhile, the women’s golf field will be highlighted by World No.1 Nelly Korda. The American golfer, who bagged gold in Tokyo by defeating Japan’s Mone Inami and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, will be joined by Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang this year.

Australia’s Hannah Green and Minjee Lee, Canada’s Brooke Henderson and China’s Ruoning Yin and Xiyu Lin will be other big names to watch at Le Golf National in August. Notably, Celine Boutier and Perrine Delacour will represent France at the Paris Olympics.

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2024 Paris Olympics golf field

Listed below are the players competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics men's event:

• Argentina - Emiliano Grillo, Alejandro Tosti
• Australia - Jason Day, Min Woo Lee
• Austria - Sepp Straka
• Belgium - Thomas Detry, Adrien Dumont du Chassart
• Canada - Corey Conners, Nick Taylor
• Chile - Cristobal Del Solar, Joaquin Niemann
• China - Zechang Dou, Carl Yuan
• Chinese Taipei - CT Pan, Kevin Yu
• Colombia - Nico Echevarria, Camillo Villages
• Denmark - Nicolai Hojgaard, Thorbjorn Olesen
• Finland - Sami Valimaki
• France - Matthieu Pavon, Victor Perez
• Germany - Stephan Jaeger, Matti Schmid
• Great Britain - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood
• India - Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubshankar Sharma
• Ireland - Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy
• Italy - Matteo Manassero, Guido Migliozzi
• Japan - Hideki Matsuyama, Keita Nakajima
• Malaysia - Gavin Green
• Mexico - Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz
• Netherlands - Darius van Driel, Joost Luiten
• New Zealand - Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier
• Norway - Viktor Hovland, Kris Ventura
• Paraguay - Fabrizio Zanotti
• Poland - Adrian Meronk
• Puerto Rico - Rafael Campos
• South Africa - Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Erik Van Rooyen
• South Korea - Byeong Hun An, Tom Kim
• Spain - Jon Rahm, David Puig
• Sweden - Ludvig Aberg, Alex Noren
• Thailand - Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Phachara Khongwatmai
• United States - Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler

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Listed below are the players competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s event:

• Australia - Hannah Green, Minjee Lee
• Austria - Emma Spitz
• Belgium - Manon De Roey
• Canada - Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp
• China - Ruoning Yin, Xiyu Lin
• Chinese Taipei - Peiyun Chien, Wei-Ling Hsu
• Colombia - Mariajo Uribe
• Czech Republic - Klara Davidson Spilkova, Sara Kouskova
• Denmark - Emily Kristine Pedersen, Nanna Koerstz Madsen
• Finland - Ursala Wikstrom, Noora Komulainen
• France - Celine Boutier, Perrine Delacour
• Germany - Esther Henseleit, Alexandra Forsterling
• Great Britain - Charley Hull, Georgia Hall
• India - Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar
• Ireland - Leona Maguire, Stephanie Meadow
• Italy - Alessandra Fanali
• Japan - Yuka Saso, Miyu Yamashita
• Malaysia - Ashley Lau
• Mexico - Gaby Lopez, Maria Fassi
• Netherlands - Anne van Dam, Dewi Weber
• New Zealand - Lydia Ko, Momoka Kobori
• Norway - Celine Borge, Madelene Stavnar
• Philippines - Bianca Pagdanganan, Dottie Ardina
• Scotland - Gemma Dryburgh
• Singapore - Shannon Tan
• Slovenia - Ana Belac
• South Africa - Ashleigh Buhai, Paula Reto
• South Korea - Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang, Hyo Koo Kim
• Spain - Carlota Ciganda, Azahara Munoz
• Sweden - Maja Stark, Linn Grant
• Switzerland - Albane Valenzuela, Morgane Metraux
• Thailand - Atthaya Thitikul, Patty Tavatanakit
• United States - Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Rose Zhang

For the unversed, the golfers are selected based on the Olympics qualifying criteria designed around the official International Golf Federation world ranking with exceptions made for the host country, France, which gets one free spot. Each country has a maximum player limit of four.