LIV golfers Brooks Koepka of the United States and Tyrrell Hatton of Great Britain are among the high-profile athletes who have called for their names to be removed from the list of candidates for the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to multiple reports on Saturday.
Both players are unlikely to be selected for their respective Olympic teams, in part because LIV Golf is not accredited by the official World Golf Rankings.
The top two players in the OWGR are automatically selected for the Olympic golf team, with up to four players per country eligible to compete if all players are in the top 15 in the OWGR. .
While playing for LIV's Smash GC team, Koepka dropped to 31st in the world rankings. Among Americans he stands in 18th place.
Briton Hatton, who moved to LIV Golf in January, is currently ranked 16th in the OWGR with two compatriots above him, but is unlikely to move up the rankings if he continues to play on the LIV circuit. right.
Other LIV players who have reportedly asked the International Golf Federation to remove them from consideration are Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and Thomas Peters of Belgium.
PGA Tour player Adam Scott (Australia) also reportedly declined the opportunity to participate for the third consecutive year. Mr Scott had previously expressed his distaste for the current format of Olympic golf, calling it an “exhibition” and expressing his desire to allow amateurs to compete.
The IGF reportedly has no plans to officially release the names of players who have opted out.
—Field Level Media
