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 Gator golfers 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
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 Drie l 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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