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Tosti, Villegas Qualify for 2024 Olympic Games
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | Men's Golf, Olympics
Former Gators Alejandro Tosti and Camilo Villegas both finished in the top-60 of the Olympic Golf Ranking to earn a spot in Paris.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Former Gators Alejandro Tosti and Camilo Villegas both qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday.
Tosti will represent Argentina and Villegas Colombia as the duo will be the first Florida men's golfers to compete in the Olympics joining UF golfers Sandra Gal (Germany, 2016) and Marife Torres (Puerto Rico, 2020).
This summer's competition marks the fifth time golf has been featured as an Olympic sport and just the third time since 1904 in St. Louis.
To qualify for the games, golfers competed in a two-year qualification period, which ended with the top-60 qualifiers earning a spot at Le Golf National from August 1-4.
The top-15 players in the OWGR (Official World Golf Ranking) are eligible for the Olympic Games, up to a maximum of four golfers from a single country as the United States is the only country with more than two qualifiers in the 60-player field. After the top 15, the Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) consist of up to the top two eligible players per country, as long as that country does not already have at least two players in the top-15. The host country – France – was guaranteed at least one spot, as is each of the five continents of the Olympics
The women's Olympic golf ranking will be finalized on June 24 following the conclusion of this week's KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
The International Golf Federation (IGF) will publish a finalized list for both the men's and women's golf competitions on July 2.
2024 Olympic Men's Golf Qualifiers
Tosti will represent Argentina and Villegas Colombia as the duo will be the first Florida men's golfers to compete in the Olympics joining UF golfers Sandra Gal (Germany, 2016) and Marife Torres (Puerto Rico, 2020).
This summer's competition marks the fifth time golf has been featured as an Olympic sport and just the third time since 1904 in St. Louis.
To qualify for the games, golfers competed in a two-year qualification period, which ended with the top-60 qualifiers earning a spot at Le Golf National from August 1-4.
The top-15 players in the OWGR (Official World Golf Ranking) are eligible for the Olympic Games, up to a maximum of four golfers from a single country as the United States is the only country with more than two qualifiers in the 60-player field. After the top 15, the Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) consist of up to the top two eligible players per country, as long as that country does not already have at least two players in the top-15. The host country – France – was guaranteed at least one spot, as is each of the five continents of the Olympics
The women's Olympic golf ranking will be finalized on June 24 following the conclusion of this week's KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
The International Golf Federation (IGF) will publish a finalized list for both the men's and women's golf competitions on July 2.
2024 Olympic Men's Golf Qualifiers
| OGR | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | United States of America |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | Ireland |
| 3 | Xander Schauffele | United States of America |
| 4 | Ludvig Åberg | Sweden |
| 5 | Wyndham Clark | United States of America |
| 6 | Viktor Hovland | Norway |
| 7 | Collin Morikawa | United States of America |
| 8 | Jon Rahm | Spain |
| 9 | Hideki Matsuyama | Japan |
| 10 | Tommy Fleetwood | Great Britain |
| 11 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | Great Britain |
| 12 | Matthieu Pavon | France |
| 13 | Sepp Straka | Austria |
| 14 | Jason Day | Australia |
| 15 | Tom Kim | Republic of Korea |
| 16 | Byeong Hun An | Republic of Korea |
| 17 | Shane Lowry | Ireland |
| 18 | Nick Taylor | Canada |
| 19 | Min Woo Lee | Australia |
| 20 | Corey Conners | Canada |
| 21 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | South Africa |
| 22 | Stephan Jaeger | Germany |
| 23 | Nicolai Højgaard | Denmark |
| 24 | Thomas Detry | Belgium |
| 25 | Emiliano Grillo | Argentina |
| 26 | Alex Noren | Sweden |
| 27 | Ryan Fox | New Zealand |
| 28 | Erik van Rooyen | South Africa |
| 29 | Adrian Meronk | Poland |
| 30 | Victor Perez | France |
| 31 | Keita Nakajima | Japan |
| 32 | Thorbjørn Olesen | Denmark |
| 33 | Alejandro Tosti | Argentina |
| 34 | Joaquin Niemann | Chile |
| 35 | Sami Valimaki | Finland |
| 36 | Kevin Yu | Chinese Taipei |
| 37 | David Puig | Spain |
| 38 | Matti Schmid | Germany |
| 39 | C.T. Pan | Chinese Taipei |
| 40 | Joost Luiten | Netherlands |
| 41 | Carl Yuan | China |
| 42 | Camilo Villegas | Colombia |
| 43 | Matteo Manassero | Italy |
| 44 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | Belgium |
| 45 | Daniel Hillier | New Zealand |
| 46 | Cristobal Del Solar | Chile |
| 47 | Guido Migliozzi | Italy |
| 48 | Shubhankar Sharma | India |
| 49 | Rafael Campos | Puerto Rico |
| 50 | Darius Van Driel | Netherlands |
| 51 | Carlos Ortiz | Mexico |
| 52 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | Thailand |
| 53 | Gavin Green | Malaysia |
| 54 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | India |
| 55 | Nico Echavarria | Colombia |
| 56 | Kris Ventura | Norway |
| 57 | Phachara Khongwatmai | Thailand |
| 58 | Abraham Ancer | Mexico |
| 59 | Zecheng Dou | China |
| 60 | Fabrizio Zanotti | Paraguay |
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