ONE YEAR AWAY: LATEST RANKINGS FOR OLYMPIC GOLF HOPEFULS

Jul 26, 2023 - 8:31 PMWritten by: Mike McAllister

With the 2024 Paris Olympics a year away, the latest Olympic Golf Rankings has eight current LIV Golf League members currently inside the top 60 on the list.

Six days later, the 60 players in the men’s golf competition will tee off in the first of four stroke-play rounds at Le Golf National. Medals will be awarded on Aug. 4, and the women’s competition will begin the following week.

In the latest Olympic Golf Rankings, eight current LIV Golf League members are currently inside the top 60 on the list:

  1. Cameron Smith, Australia

  2. Joaquin Niemann, Chile

  3. Mito Pereira, Chile

  4. Abraham Ancer, Mexico

  5. Thomas Pieters, Belgium

  6. Sebastián Muñoz, Colombia

  7. Anirban Lahiri, India

  8. Scott Vincent, Zimbabwe

The OGR utilizes a system based on the Official World Golf Ranking, with the qualification process ending on June 17, 2024. For more information and the latest qualification list, click here.

Of the eight LIV golfers currently inside the top 60, each one has competed in the Olympics since golf was re-instated into the program starting with the 2016 Rio Games. Pieters and Lahiri competed in Brazil, with Pieters finishing fourth and Lahiri 57th.

Those two also competed in the 2020 Tokyo Games (pushed to 2021 due to the pandemic), along with the other six players on the current eligibility list. Muñoz and Pereira had the best results, settling for a tie for fourth after competing in a seven-man playoff for the bronze medal.

In all, 18 current LIV Golf League members have represented their countries in the Olympics, with Majesticks GC co-captain Henrik Stenson of Sweden winning the silver medal in 2016.