Who's in the 2016 Olympic golf tournaments for men and women
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Who’s in the 2016 Olympic golf tournaments for men and women

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The fields for the 2016 Olympic golf tournaments have been set with the completion of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and the U.S. Women's Open.

How to qualify for the 2016 Olympic golf tournaments

There will be two, 60-player tournaments with fields drawn from the world rankings for men and women, respectively.

The fields are decided by first exempting the top 15 players in both the men's Official World Golf Ranking and women's Rolex Rankings. However, a country can only send as many as the first four player ranked in the top 15 to the Olympic tournament.

Unless a country has three or four players in the top 15, no more than the two highest-ranked players from a country can compete in Rio de Janeiro. That means lesser-ranked players are skipped over for entry into the Olympic field if the country's maximum allotment has been met.

2016 women's Olympic golf tournament field

1. Lydia Ko, New Zealand (1)
2. Brooke Henderson, Canada (1)
3. Inbee Park, South Korea (1)
4. Lexi Thompson, U.S.A. (1)
5. Sei Young Kim, South Korea (2)
6. Amy Yang, South Korea (3)
7. Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand (1)
8. In-Gee Chun, South Korea (3)
9. Stacy Lewis, U.S.A. (2)
10. Anna Nordqvist, Sweden (1)
11. Shanshan Feng, China (1)
12. Minjee Lee, Australia (1)
13. Gerina Piller, U.S.A. (3)
14. Suzann Pettersen, Norway (1)
15. Harukyo Nomura, Japan (1)
16. Charley Hull, Great Britain (1)
17. Teresa Lu, Taipei (1)
18. Candie Kung, Taipei (2)
19. Pornanong Phatlum, Thailand (2)
20. Carlota Ciganda, Spain (1)
21. Su Oh, Australia (2)
22. Shiho Oyama, Japan (2)
23. Azahara Munoz, Spain (2)
24. Xiyu Lin, China (2)
25. Sandra Gal, Germany (1)
26. Karine Icher, France (1)
27. Catriona Matthew, Great Britain (2)
28. Caroline Masson, Germany (2)
29. Nicole Larsen, Denmark (1)
30. Pernilla Lindberg, Sweden (2)
31. Alena Sharp, Canada (2)
32. Gaby Lopez, Mexico (1)
33. Mariajo Uribe, Colombia (1)
34. Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Denmark (2)
35. Christel Boeljon, Netherlands (1) Stephanie Meadow, Ireland (2)
36. Paula Reto, South Africa (1)
37. Gwladys Nocera, France (2)
38. Julieta Granada, Paraguay (1)
39. Kelly Tan, Malaysia (1)
40. Marianne Skarpnord, Norway (2)
41. Ashleigh Simon, South Africa (2)
42. Laetitia Beck, Israel (1)
43. Giulia Molinaro, Italy (1)
44. Ursula Wikstrom, Finland (1)
45. Noora Tamminen, Finland (2)
46. Klara Spikova, Czech Republic (1)
47. Christine Wolf, Austria (1)
48. Giulia Sergas, Italy (2)
49. Maria Verchenova, Russia (1)
50. Leona Maguire, Ireland (1)
51. Anne Van Dam, Netherlands (2) Dottie Ardina, The Philippines (1)
52. Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland (1)
53. Alejandra Lllaneza, Mexico (2)
54. Chloe Leurquin, Belgium (1)
55. Fabienne In-Albon, Switzerland (2)
56. Tiffany Chan, Hong Kong (1)
57. Michelle Koh, Malaysia (2)
58. Aditi Ashok, India (1)
59. Miriam Nagl, Brazil (1)
60. Cathryn Bristow, New Zealand (2), No. 446 in the Rolex Rankings

QUALIFIED BUT DECLINED TO PLAY:
Lee-Anne Pace, South Africa

2016 men's Olympic golf tournament field

1. Bubba Watson, U.S.A. (1)
2. Henrik Stenson, Sweden (1)
3. Rickie Fowler, U.S.A. (2)
4. Danny Willett, Great Britain (1)
5. Justin Rose, Great Britain (2)
6. Sergio Garcia, Spain (1)
7. Patrick Reed, U.S.A. (3)
8. Matt Kuchar, U.S.A. (4)
9. Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain, (2)
10. Byeong-hun An, South Korea (1)
11. Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand (1)
12. Danny Lee, New Zealand (1)
13. Emiliano Grillo, Argentina (1)
14. David Lingmerth, Sweden (2)
15. Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark (1)
16. Bernd Wiesberger, Austria (1)
17. Martin Kaymer, Germany (1)
18. Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand (2)
19. Francesco Molinari, Italy (1), REPLACED BY: Matteo Manassero
20. Anirban Lahiri, India (1)
21. Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark (2)
22. Joost Luiten, Netherlands (1)
23. Thomas Pieters, Belgium (1)
24. Jaco Van Zyl, South Africa (1)
25. Fabian Gomez, Argentina (2)
26. Jeunghun Wang, South Korea (2)
27. Scott Hend, Australia (1)
28. Marcus Fraser, Australia (2)
29. Brandon Stone, South Africa (2)
30. Yuta Ikeda, Japan (1)
31. Shingo Katayama, Japan (2)
32. Gregory Bourdy, France (1)
33. Julien Quesne, France (2)
34. Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium (2)
35. Ricardo Gouveia, Portugal (1)
36. David Hearn, Canada (1)
37. Wu Ashun, China (1)
38. Miguel Tabuena, Philippines (1)
39. Hao-tong Li, China (2)
40. Alex Cejka, Germany (2)
41. Graham DeLaet, Canada (2)
42. Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay (1)
43. Padraig Harrington, Ireland (1)
44. Ryan Fox, New Zealand (2)
45. S.S.P. Chawrasia, India (2)
46. Danny Chia, Malaysia (1)
47. Mikko Ilonen, Finland (1)
48. Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela (1)
49. Felipe Aguilar, Chile (1)
50. Cheng-tsung Pan, Taipei (1)
51. Adilson da Silva, Brazil (1)
52. Seamus Power, Ireland (2)
53. Espen Kofstad, Norway (1)
54. Roope Kakko, Finland (2)
55. Nino Bertasio, Italy (2)
56. Siddikur Rahman, Bangladesh (1)
57. Camilo Villegas, Colombia (1)
58. Wen-tang Lin, Taipei (2)
59. Angelo Que, Philippines (2)
60. Gavin Green, Malyasia (2)

QUALIFIED BUT DECLINED TO PLAY: Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Branden Grace, Louis Oosthuizen, Hideki Matsuyama, Charl Schwartzel, Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry, Marc Leishman, Brendon de Jonge, Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth, K.T. Kim, Victor Dubuisson, Hideto Tanihara, Angelo Que, Matt Jones, Francesco Molinari

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