Fields finalized for Olympic men’s and women’s golf competitions

The fields have been finalized for the Olympic men’s and women’s golf competitions, the International Golf Federation confirmed Tuesday.

Both events will be held at Le Golf National in Paris, France. The 72-hole, stroke-play men’s event will take place Aug. 1-4 and the women’s (same format) will be held Aug. 7-10. These are the 60 players in the field for both events:

Men’s

… (list of men’s players)

Women’s

… (list of women’s players)

While qualifying for both events ended several weeks ago, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) had to confirm its qualifiers, the IGF stated. That process concluded on June 27 with all unused quota places reallocated based on the official qualification system.

The Netherlands was the only country to deny qualified athletes spots. Dutch Olympic officials did not allow certain athletes to compete, in the belief that they would not have a reasonable chance to finish among the top eight in their respective events.

Anne van Dam, the highest ranked Dutch player, was allowed to represent the Netherlands.

Luiten won a litigation hearing on July 2 that he thought would allow him to compete in France but the IGF said in a Tuesday statement that his spot (as well as the other two) had been reallocated based on the June 27 deadline and the International Olympic Committee would not increase the field size to accommodate the Dutch player.