Who is your pick for the Ladies Gold Medal for Golf? Could it be Yuko Saso from the Philippines?

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Yuka Saso (8) Bianca Pagdanganan (165) wearing their new team outfits.

 

 

S.E. Asia is well represented again, and although the South Koreans are most likely to start out favorites, I would not be surprised to see Yuka Saso (8) from the Philippines or Patty Tavatanakit (12) and Ariya Jutanugarn (21) from Thailand, all Major Champions, grab a medal in the end.

 

Meanwhile to help understand the Olympic qualification process, we’ve outlined the rules here.

 

The same qualification rules apply for both the men’s and women’s Olympics fields.

 

The top 15 players in the Olympic Golf Rankings (which essentially mirror the Official World Golf Ranking for men and the Rolex Rankings for women) are eligible for the Olympics up to a maximum of four golfers per country.

 

After the top 15, the field is filled until getting to 60 golfers by going down the Olympic Golf Ranking, with the top two ranked players qualifying from any country that does not have two or more players from the top 15.

 

The host country, Japan, is also guaranteed at least two golfers in the field. If a player is eligible for a team but decides not to participate, the next eligible golfer from that country can take the spot from the player who has pulled out.

 

Here then is a country by country breakdown of the fields.

 

The men’s qualifying period ended on June 21, the day after the U.S. Open. Women’s qualifying ended June 28, the day after the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

 

The men’s competition will be held July 29-Aug. 1; the women’s Aug. 4-7.

 

WOMEN (Rolex Rankings in parenthesis)

 

Argentina
Magdalena Simmermacher (399)

 

Australia
Minjee Lee (14)
Hannah Green (15)

 

Austria
Christine Wolf (288)

 

Belgium
Manon De Roey (278)

 

Canada
Brooke Henderson (5)
Alena Sharp (136)

 

China
Shanshan Feng (19)
Xiyu Lin (62)

 

Chinese Taipei
Wei-Ling Hsu (78)
Min Lee (130)

 

Colombia
Mariajo Uribe (306)

 

Czech Republic
Klara Spilkova (278)

 

Denmark
Nanna Koerstz Madsen (52)
Emily Kristine Pedersen (69)

 

Ecuador
Daniela Darquea (349)

 

Finland
Matilda Castrren (74)
Sanna Nuutinen (232)

 

France
Celine Boutier (58)
Perrine Delacour (101)

 

Germany
Sophia Popov (23)
Caroline Masson (68)

 

Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Melissa Reid (38)
Jodi Ewart Shadoff (86)

 

Hong Kong
Tiffany Chan (218)

 

India
Aditi Ashok (178)

 

Ireland
Leona Maguire (60)
Stephanie Meadow (122)

 

Italy
Giulia Molinaro (98)
Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso (405)

 

Japan
Nasa Hataoka (11)
Mone Inami (27)

 

Malaysia
Kelly Tan (154)

 

Mexico
Gaby Lopez (64)
Maria Fassi (180)

 

Morocco
Maha Haddioui (418)

 

The Netherlands
Anne van Dam (133)

 

New Zealand
Lydia Ko (10)

 

Norway
Marianna Skarpnord (265)
Tonje Daffinrud (419)

 

The Philippines
Yuka Saso (8)
Bianca Pagdanganan (165)

 

Puerto Rico
Maria Fernanda Torres (185)

 

Slovakia
Pia Babnik (301)

 

South Africa
Ashleigh Buhai (76)

 

South Korea
Jin Young Ko (2)
Inbee Park (3)
Sei Young Kim (4)
Hyo-Joo Kim (6)

 

Spain
Carlota Ciganda (32)
Azahara Munoz (84)

 

Switzerland
Albane Valenzuela (163)

 

Sweden
Anna Nordqvist (49)
Madelene Sagstrom (72)

 

Thailand
Patty Tavatanakit (12)
Ariya Jutanugarn (21)

 

United States
Nelly Korda (1)
Danielle Kang (5)
Lexi Thompson (9)
Jessica Korda (13)

 

 

[Burma Bill]

10 hours ago, ASEAN NOW News said:

place a small bet on your favorite player

Well done, Hyacinth!!

 

Edited July 27, 2021 by Burma Bill
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