2024 Olympics: 100 days to go, Nelly Korda tops women's rankings

This is the third time in the past 100 years that the Summer Olympics will feature 72 holes of stroke play between the world's best female athletes.

Nelly Korda won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which were held in 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Japan's Mone Inami won the silver medal, while Lydia Ko placed third and won the bronze medal. In Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Park In-bi of South Korea won the gold medal, Ko the silver medal, and China's Xiangshan Feng the bronze medal.

This year's Olympic golf competition will be held at Le Golf National, just outside Paris, where Europeans defeated Americans in the 2018 Ryder Cup.

The women's tournament begins on Wednesday, August 7th, less than 100 days after this article was written. Therefore, we would like to focus on the qualification process and provide you with the latest standings and other important information related to Olympic golf.

Olympic golf qualification

Just 60 players will tee up for the Women's Olympic Golf Competition, creating an atmosphere similar to the signature events seen on the PGA Tour.

Of these 60 women, 59 will qualify through the Olympic Golf Ranking, which relies on the Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking.

For each tournament, we evaluate the strength of the field in the Olympic Golf Rankings based on the quality of players in the field. This determines the number of points awarded for the event, which are then allocated to players based on their finishing position. Better performance in more powerful events will lead to more points.

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The host nation always also has one player in the field, so Celine Boutier will likely represent France this year based on that slot.

A country can send up to four players to the Olympics as long as they are in the top 15 of the Olympic golf rankings. This provision only applies to the United States and South Korea, with the latter likely having three players instead of four.

Current Olympic Golf Ranking

Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking in parentheses:

1. Nelly Korda — USA (1)

2. Lilia Vu — USA (2)

3. Celine Boutier — France (3)

4. Yinning — China (4)

5. Brooke Henderson — Canada (5)

6. Minjee Lee — Australia (6)

7. Ko Jin Young — South Korea (7)

8. Charlie Hull — England (8)

9. Lydia Ko — New Zealand (9)

10. Kim Hyo Joo — South Korea (10)

11. Ataya Titikul — Thailand (11)

12. Shiyu Lin — China (12)

13. Megan Kang — America (13)

14. Alison Lee — USA (14)

15. Amy Yang — South Korea (15)

16. Nasa Hataoka — Japan (16)

17. Hannah Green — Australia (18)

18. Ayaka Furue — Japan (21)

19. Leona Maguire — Ireland (23)

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20. Carlota Ciganda — Spain (24)

21. Pati Tavatanakit — Thailand (27)

22. Maya Stark — Sweden (28)

23. Lynn Grant — Sweden (29)

24. Georgia Hall — United Kingdom (30)

25. Ashley Buhai — South Africa (32)

26. Aditi Ashok — India (46)

27. Gaby Lopez — Mexico (54)

28. Albane Valenzuela — Switzerland (65)

29. Esther Henseleit — Germany (72)

30. Alexandra Forsterling — Germany (74)

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31. Emily Christine Pedersen — Denmark (87)

32. Anne Van Dam — Netherlands (88)

33. Asahara Muñoz — Spain (90)

34. Perrine Delacour — France (96)

35. Stephanie Meadow — Ireland (103)

36. Peiyun Chen — Taiwan (110)

37. Nanna Kelts Madsen — Denmark (111)

38. Bianca Pagdanganan — Philippines (131)

39. Diksha Dagar — India (138)

40. Celine Borge — Norway (155)

41. Clara Davison Spilkova — Czech Republic (157)

42. Maria Fassi — Mexico (159)

43. Chia Yen Wu — Taiwan (165)

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44. Paula Leto — South Africa (173)

45. Morgan Mettlau — Switzerland (182)

46. ​​Manon de Rooy — Belgium (191)

47. Shannon Tan — Singapore (193)

48. Alessandra Fanari – Italy (197)

49. Mariajo Uribe — Colombia (222)

50. Emma Spitz — Austria (227)

51. Sara Kouskova — Czech Republic (231)

52. Ashley Lau — Malaysia (238)

53. Madi Sherik — Canada (265)

54. Matilda Kaslen — Finland (270)

55. Daniela Dalcair — Echodor (285)

56. Madeleine Stavnaar — Norway (287)

57. Natasha Ng — Malaysia (288)

58. Virginia Elena Carta — Mexico (305)

59. Devi Weber — Netherlands (307)

60. Ursula Vikström — Finland (311)

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