Thomas, Morikawa, Schauffele and DeChambeau Are US Olympic Golf Team

Qualifiers for Olympic golf have been announced and for the U.S. Team, it’s Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau who will carry the stars and stripes. The alternates, in order, should any one of the four elect not to play, are Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson and Tony Finau.

Medalists for the 2016 Olympics, where golf returned for the first time in more than 100 years, were Justin Rose ( England, gold medal), Henrik Stenson ( Sweden, silver medal) and Matt Kuchar ( U.S., bronze medal).

U.S. Open champ and world No. 1, Jon Rahm will play with Rafa Cabrera Bello for Spain, unless he elects not to participate. Dustin Johnson, ranked No. 2, has decided not to play because he wants to focus on the PGA Tour schedule and the FedExCup.

Europe has the largest number of golfers with 27 golfers from 15 countries. Following that is Asia with 12 players from eight countries, North America with eight players from three countries, South America with seven players from six countries, and Australia and Oceania and Africa with each having three players from two countries.

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There will be 60 contestants in all. Selections are made based on world ranking with players in the top 15 being eligible. However, a maximum of four players from any country in the top 15 is allowed. The US has 10 golfers in the top 15 in the world rankings.

Even though Jon Rahm is the world’s No. 1 player, there are not three additional players from Spain in the top 15, and so only two from Spain will be on their team.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 20: Jon Rahm of Spain celebrates with the trophy after winning during the final round of the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course) on June 20, 2021 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

After the top 15, only two players are allowed from each country in order of a player’s world ranking. The lowest ranking by a player in the event is Anirban Lahiri, currently ranked 340.

Filling out the field for the competition in order of the highest ranked player are:

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowrey for Ireland

Victor Hoveland and Kristian K Johannessen for Norway

Hideki Matsuyama and Rikuya Hoshino for Japan

Paul Casey and Tommy Fleetwood for Great Britain

Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz for Mexico

Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim for South Korea

Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman for Australia

Joaquin Niemann and Mito Pereira for Chile

Corey Connors and Mackenzie Hughes for Canada

Victor Perez and Antoine Rozner for France

Garrick Higgo and Christiaan Bezuidenhout for South Africa

Sebastián Muñoz for Colombia

Guido Migliozzi and Francesco Molinari for Italy

Emiliano Grillo for Argentina

Thomas Detry and Thomas Pieters for Belgium

Alex Noren and Henrik Norlander for Sweden

Kalle Samooja and Sami Valimaki for Finland

Matthias Schwab and Sepp Straka for Austria

Rasmus Hojgaard and Joachim B Hansen for Denmark

Jazz Janewattananond and Gunn Charoenku for Thailand

Jhonattan Vegas for Venezuela

Rory Sabbatini for Slovakia

Ryan Fox for New Zealand

C.T. Pan for Taiwan

Adrian Meronk for Poland

Maximilian Kieffer and Hurly Long for Germany

Juvic Pagunsan for the Philippines

Ondrej Lieser for the Czech Republic

Scott Vincent for Zimbabwe

Fabrizio Zanotti for Paraguay

Rafael Campos for Puerto Rico

Gavin Kyle Green for Malaysia

Carl Yuan and Ashun Wu for China

Anirban Lahiri for India

Olympic golf will be played from July 29th to August 1st at the Kasumigaseki Country Club, a private course in Saitama, Japan.

The format is a 72-hole individual stroke play over four days. Scores are cumulative, and the player with the lowest score wins.

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