With just two weeks remaining in the Olympic qualifying process, this week’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines will help solidify tickets to Tokyo for many players.
The only country with the maximum of four men’s players currently in position to qualify is the U.S., which has four top-15 players projected to make its team with five other top-15 players with a chance still to play their way onto the American team.
Great Britain, South Africa, South Africa, South Korea and Japan are the other nations with more than two top-100 players in the world rankings, though those nations will only get two representatives. England has three top-20 players.
The final 60-player field will be finalized June 28.
Here is a quick look at some of the races to make the top squads:
U.S.
Justin Thomas (2)
Collin Morikawa (4)
Bryson DeChambeau (5)
Xander Schauffele (6)
Next in line: Patrick Cantlay (7), Patrick Reed (8), Brooks Koepka (10), Webb Simpson (12), Tony Finau (14)
Great Britain
Tyrrell Hatton (9)
Paul Casey (19)
Next in line: Matt Fitzpatrick (20), Lee Westwood (27), Tommy Fleetwood (33), Justin Rose (42), Robert MacIntyre (48)
South Africa
Louis Oosthuizen (18)
Garrick Higgo (39)
Next in line: Christiaan Bezuidenhout (46), Branden Grace (71), Daniel van Tonder (80), Erik van Rooyen (86), Dylan Frittelli (89)
South Korea
Sungjae Im (26)
Si Woo Kim (49)
Next in line: K.H. Lee (64)
Australia
Cameron Smith (28)
Marc Leishman (45)
Next in line: Matt Jones (60), Jason Day (69), Lucas Hebert (94), Jason Scrivener (95)
Japan
Hideki Matsuyama (15)
Rikuya Hoshino (78)
Next in line: Takumi Kanaya (85)
Full list of projected qualifiers
- 1. Justin Thomas (USA)
- 2. Jon Rahm (ESP)
- 3. Collin Morikawa (USA)
- 4. Bryson DeChambeau (USA)
- 5. Xander Schauffele (USA)
- 6. Tyrrell Hatton (GBR)
- 7. Rory McIlroy (IRL)
- 8. Viktor Hovland (NOR)
- 9. Hideki Matsuyama (JPN)
- 10. Louis Oosthuizen (RSA)
- 11. Paul Casey (GBR)
- 12. Abraham Ancer (MEX)
- 13. Sungjae Im (KOR)
- 14. Cameron Smith (AUS)
- 15. Joaquin Niemann (CHI)
- 16. Victor Perez (FRA)
- 17. Corey Conners (CAN)
- 18. Garrick Higgo (RSA)
- 19. Shane Lowry (IRL)
- 20. Marc Leishman (AUS)
- 21. Si Woo Kim (KOR)
- 22. Sergio Garcia (ESP)
- 23. Carlos Ortiz (MEX)
- 24. Sebastián Muñoz (COL)
- 25. Mackenzie Hughes (CAN)
- 26. Emiliano Grillo (ARG)
- 27. Antoine Rozner (FRA)
- 28. Rikuya Hoshino (JPN)
- 29. Thomas Detry (BEL)
- 30. Alex Noren (SWE)
- 31. Guido Migliozzi (ITA)
- 32. Martin Kaymer (GER)
- 33. Thomas Pieters (BEL)
- 34. Rasmus Hojgaard (DEN)
- 35. Sami Valimaki (FIN)
- 36. Matthias Schwab (AUT)
- 37. Kalle Samooja (FIN)
- 38. Jazz Janewattananond (THA)
- 39. Henrik Norlander (SWE)
- 40. Jhonattan Vegas (VEN)
- 41. Mito Pereira (CHI)
- 42. Joachim B Hansen (DEN)
- 43. Rory Sabbatini (SVK)
- 44. Sepp Straka (AUT)
- 45. Francesco Molinari (ITA)
- 46. Ryan Fox (NZL)
- 47. Joost Luiten (NED)
- 48. C.T. Pan (TPE)
- 49. Adrian Meronk (POL)
- 50. Maximilian Kieffer (GER)
- 51. Juvic Pagunsan (PHI)
- 52. Wil Besseling (NED)
- 53. Ondrej Lieser (CZE)
- 54. Scott Vincent (ZIM)
- 55. Gunn Charoenkul (THA)
- 56. Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR)
- 57. Gavin Kyle Green (MAS)
- 58. Carl Yuan (CHN)
- 59. Rafael Campos (PUR)
- 60. Kristian K Johannessen (NOR)