It's no exaggeration to say that less than a decade later, an Olympic gold medal has become as coveted a prize in men's golf as the Green Jacket or Claret Jug.
The third men's golf tournament of the modern Olympic era will be held at Le Golf National outside Paris from August 1 to 4, with 60 players from 32 countries competing for medals.
The United States has the most players in the field, with four players — world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Xander Schauffele, 2023 U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark and two-time major champion Collin Morikawa — all ranked in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Every other country has one or two players.
In addition to Schauffele, Taiwan's CT Pan (bronze) will also return as a medal contender in Tokyo, with none of the 2016 Rio Olympic medalists (Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson and Matt Kuchar) in the running.
Le Golf National will host the 2018 Ryder Cup and five Team Europe players from that tournament will compete in the Olympic Games: Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain), Rory McIlroy (Ireland), Alex Noren (Sweden), Thorbjorn Olsen (Denmark) and Jon Rahm (Spain).
The full field for the 2024 Olympic Men's Golf Tournament, in alphabetical order by National Olympic Committee, is as follows:
All 2024 Olympic men's golf entrants
60 players
Emiliano Grillo, Argentina
Alejandro Tosti, Argentina
Jason Day, Australia
Ming Woo Lee, Australia
Sepp Straka, Austria
Thomas Detry, Belgium
Adrien Dumont de Chassard, Belgium
Nick Taylor, Canada
Corey Connors, Canada
Joaquin Niemann, Chile
Mito Pereira, Chile
Ze Chengdeng (China)
Karl Yuan, China
Kevin Yu, Taiwan
CT Pan, Taiwan
Camilo Villegas, Colombia
Nico Echavarria, Colombia
Nikolaj Hoygaard, Denmark
Torbjorn Olesen, Denmark
Sami Valimaki, Finland
Tapio Purukkanen, Finland
Mathieu Pavon, France
Victor Perez, France
Stefan Jäger, Germany
Matti Schmidt, Germany
Tommy Fleetwood, Great Britain
Matthew Fitzpatrick, UK
Shubhankar Sharma, India
Gaganjeet Brar, India
Rory McIlroy, Ireland
Shane Lowry, Ireland
Matteo Manassero, Italy
Guido Miliozzi, Italy
Hideki Matsuyama (Japan)
Keita Nakajima, Japan
Gavin Green, Malaysia
Abraham Ansell, Mexico
Carlos Ortiz, Mexico
Ryan Fox, New Zealand
Daniel Hillier, New Zealand
Viktor Hovland, Norway
Chris Ventura, Norway
Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay
Adrian Melonk, Poland
Rafael Campos, Puerto Rico
Tom Kim, South Korea
Byun Hun Ahn (Korea)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa
Eric van Rooyen, South Africa
Jon Rahm, Spain
David Puig, Spain
Ludvig Åberg, Sweden
Alex Noren, Sweden
Joel Girrbach, Switzerland
Kiradek Apibanrat, Thailand
Pachara Kongwatmai, Thailand
Scottie Schaeffler, USA
Xander Schauffele, USA
Wyndham Clark, USA
Collin Morikawa, United States
