This article details the qualifying phase for golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Sixty players for each of the men's and women's tournaments qualified for Paris 2024, based on the official IGF world ranking list of 17 June 2024 (for men) and 24 June 2024 (for women). The top 15 world-ranked golf players were selected by name and secured their Olympic places, respecting the four-player limit per National Olympic Committee (NOC). The remaining spots were awarded to the players ranked beyond the top fifteen on the list with a maximum of two per NOC. The IGF guaranteed that at least one golfer qualified from the host nation and at least one from each continent (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania). The IGF posted weekly lists of qualifiers based on current rankings for men and women.
Points were awarded to the players based on their final positions in each event, with performances in the events with stronger fields earning more points, based on a points distribution schedule approved by the IGF. Ranking points for each player accumulated over a two-year “rolling” period with the points awarded in the most recent thirteen-week period weighted at a full percentage of their original value. After the initial 13-week period, the points were devalued by 1.1% for each of the next 91 weeks before they dropped entirely off the player's two-year record. The IGF Olympic ranking was ordered according to the average points that the players managed to accumulate over the applicable two-year period. Calculating the average points was to divide the total number of ranking points accumulated by the player in the number of tournaments in which he or she has competed during the two-year period.
Qualification summary The following summarized the NOCs qualified for the Olympic golf tournament with the amount of golfers qualified per country. NOC Men Women Total 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 5 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 2 3 2 2 4 4 3 7Total: 38 NOCs 6060120
Qualified players Men +Final rankings: June 17, 2024 Rank Name Country Worldranking1 12 23 34 45 56 67 78 99 1210 1311 1812 2013 2114 2415 2616 2717 3318 3519 3620 3721 4022 4223 4424 4825 5226 5527 5928 6729 7330 7831 8332 8533 9834 9935 10036 10837 11338 13439 14040 15541 17742 18043 18744 19045 19846 21947 22148 24049 24250 25751 26152 26953 27254 28155 28756 31257 33858 34359 36660 378 Rico Hoey (ranked 173) was ineligible to compete for the Philippines due to his changing his allegiance from the United States too late in the qualification process. Chile's Cristóbal del Solar (ranked 195) withdrew after the final rankings were released and was replaced by Mito Pereira. The Dutch Olympic Committee did not allow Joost Luiten (ranked 147) and Darius van Driel (237) to participate since they required their participants to be ranked in the top 27 of the Olympic Golf Ranking and have "a realistic chance at a medal". Luiten initially appealed against the Dutch Olympic Committee for prohibiting him to play, considering that he was eligible. He won the appeal. However, Luiten was denied access to play due to his initial entry being removed by the Dutch Olympic Committee and his place being taken by Tapio Pulkkanen. Several golfers requested that they be withdrawn from consideration for the games: Tyrrell Hatton (Great Britain) – ranked 22 Brooks Koepka (United States) – 43 Adam Scott (Australia) – 58 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) – 138 Marcel Siem (Germany) – 215 Thomas Pieters (Belgium) – 333 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) – 246
Women +Final rankings: June 24, 2024 Rank Name Country Worldranking1 12 23 34 45 56 67 78 89 910 1011 1112 1213 1314 1415 1516 1717 1918 2119 2520 2621 3022 3223 3624 4125 6026 6227 6428 6929 7030 7531 8732 8833 10634 10835 10936 11337 12738 13439 15440 16141 16742 17843 18144 18645 18746 19247 19648 19849 21150 27951 28652 28853 29054 29255 29856 30157 30758 32159 33060 336 The Dutch Olympic Committee did not allow Dewi Weber (ranked 302) to participate since they required their participants to be ranked in the top 24 of the world ranking. Anne Van Dam (108) was allowed to compete after meeting other Dutch OC requirements. The New Zealand Olympic Committee did not allow Momoka Kobori (ranked 293) to participate. Nataliya Guseva (ranked 163) was ineligible due to Russia's ban from the games.
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