The United States will send a star-studded group of Justin Thomas, reigning Open champion Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, and Bryson DeChambeau to the Tokyo Olympics. All of them rank inside the top six in the world.
Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, and Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama will also compete for the gold medal.
The golf event, which is a standard 72-hole stroke play with players competing as individuals, runs from July 29 to Aug. 1. For North American viewers, the tournament starts on the evening of July 28 due to the time difference.
Odds to win gold
Player | Country | Odds |
---|---|---|
Jon Rahm | Spain | +450 |
Rory McIlroy | Ireland | +1000 |
Collin Morikawa | United States | +1000 |
Xander Schauffele | United States | +1000 |
Bryson DeChambeau | United States | +1200 |
Justin Thomas | United States | +1400 |
Viktor Hovland | Norway | +1600 |
Hideki Matsuyama | Japan | +1800 |
Paul Casey | United Kingdom | +1800 |
Abraham Ancer | Mexico | +2000 |
Tommy Fleetwood | United Kingdom | +3300 |
Cameron Smith | Australia | +4000 |
Shane Lowry | Ireland | +4000 |
Marc Leishman | Australia | +4000 |
Joaquin Niemann | Chile | +4000 |
Corey Conners | Canada | +4000 |
Here's the complete list of Olympian golfers hailing from 36 different countries (world rank as of July 20):
United States ๐บ๐ธ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Collin Morikawa | 3 |
Justin Thomas | 4 |
Xander Schauffele | 5 |
Bryson DeChambeau | 6 |
Electing to skip: Dustin Johnson
Team note: The U.S. is the only team sending four golfers to Tokyo, which is the maximum number allowed if all players are inside the top 15 in the world ranking. Each golfer will make their Olympic debut. Matt Kuchar claimed a bronze medal for the Americans in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Corey Conners | 35 |
Mackenzie Hughes | 53 |
Team note: Conners and Hughes will represent Canada for the first time after Graham DeLaet and David Hearn did so in 2016. Before golf returned to the Olympics for the Rio Games, Canada was the defending gold medal winner thanks to George Lyon's victory at the 1904 Olympics.
Great Britain ๐ฌ๐ง
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Paul Casey | 22 |
Tommy Fleetwood | 34 |
Electing to skip: Tyrrell Hatton, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Lee Westwood
Team note: After three qualified players withdrew from consideration, Fleetwood will join Casey in Great Britain's attempt to defend Justin Rose's gold medal.
Spain ๐ช๐ธ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Jon Rahm | 1 |
Adri Arnaus | 166 |
Electing to skip: Sergio Garcia, Rafa Cabrera Bello
Team note: World No. 1 Rahm partners with the European Tour's Arnaus for a formidable duo of bombers. Fresh off his U.S. Open victory, Rahm is the clear favorite to win the gold medal.
Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Player | Rank |
---|---|
Rory McIlroy | 15 |
Shane Lowry | 39 |
Team note: Given the option to represent Great Britain or Ireland, Northern Ireland's McIlroy will play under the Irish flag alongside reigning Open champion Lowry. McIlroy elected to skip the 2016 Rio Games due to concerns with the Zika virus.
Japan ๐ฏ๐ต
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Hideki Matsuyama | 20 |
Rikuya Hoshino | 84 |
Team note: All eyes will be on Matsuyama, as the green jacket winner will compete on home soil with Hoshino, who recently placed T26 at the U.S. Open. If Matsuyama can win the Masters and a gold medal in the same year, he'll go down as a legend in Japanese sporting history.
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Cameron Smith | 28 |
Marc Leishman | 35 |
Electing to skip: Adam Scott
Team note: Unfortunately for the Aussies, Olympic golf is not a team event. Smith and Leishman won the PGA TOUR's Zurich Classic together in May but will compete against each other in Tokyo.
Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Abraham Ancer | 23 |
Carlos Ortiz | 61 |
South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Sungjae Im | 27 |
Si Woo Kim | 55 |
Team note: This is a huge stage for both golfers, as a medal of any kind will allow them to skip the otherwise mandatory two years of military service imposed by South Korea.
Italy ๐ฎ๐น
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Guido Migliozzi | 74 |
Renato Paratore | 197 |
Norway ๐ณ๐ด
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Viktor Hovland | 11 |
Kristian K Johannessen | 288 |
South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Garrick Higgo | 43 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 46 |
Electing to skip: Louis Oosthuizen
Team note: Higgo will have the chance to turn more heads as he headlines the South African team following Oosthuizen's decision to skip the Olympics. Higgo, 22, won the Palmetto Championship in only his second PGA TOUR start.
France ๐ซ๐ท
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Victor Perez | 45 |
Antoine Rozner | 87 |
Chile ๐จ๐ฑ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Joaquin Niemann | 26 |
Mito Pereira | 136 |
Team note: Niemann will join forces with Pereira, who recently received a promotion to the PGA TOUR with three victories on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Belgium ๐ง๐ช
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Thomas Detry | 72 |
Thomas Pieters | 116 |
Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Alex Noren | 91 |
Henrik Norlander | 122 |
Team note: Henrik Stenson, the 2016 silver medalist, failed to qualify.
Austria ๐ฆ๐น
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Matthias Schwab | 135 |
Sepp Straka | 160 |
Electing to skip: Bernd Wiesberger
Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Sami Valimaki | 126 |
Kalle Samooja | 130 |
Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Rasmus Hojgaard | 124 |
Joachim B. Hansen | 168 |
Argentina ๐ฆ๐ท
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Emiliano Grillo | 67 |
Colombia ๐จ๐ด
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Sebastian Munoz | 79 |
Thailand ๐น๐ญ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Jazz Janewattananond | 145 |
Gunn Charoenkul | 282 |
Venezuela ๐ป๐ช
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Jhonattan Vegas | 130 |
Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Rory Sabbatini | 197 |
Team note: Sabbatini, the former South African, will finally accomplish his dream of competing in the Olympics after becoming a Slovakian citizen in 2019.
New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
ย Ryan Fox | 187 |
Chinese Taipei
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
C.T. Pan | 200 |
Poland ๐ต๐ฑ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Adrian Meronk | 209 |
Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Maximilian Kieffer | 213 |
Hurly Long | 269 |
Electing to skip: Martin Kaymer
Philippines ๐ต๐ญ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Juvic Pagunsan | 229 |
Czech Republic ๐จ๐ฟ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Ondrej Lieser | 251 |
Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Scott Vincent | 258 |
Paraguay ๐ต๐พ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Fabrizio Zanotti | 312 |
Puerto Rico ๐ต๐ท
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Rafael Campos | 301 |
Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Gavin Kyle Green | 352 |
China ๐จ๐ณ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Carl Yuan | 314 |
Ashun Wu | 340 |
India ๐ฎ๐ณ
Player | World Rank |
---|---|
Anirban Lahiri | 275 |