The United States women’s golf team is set for Paris 2024, headlined by two-time Olympian and Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Nelly Korda. The world’s highest-ranked female golfer will be joined on Team USA by world No. 2 Lilia Vu and No. 9 Rose Zhang.
To date, there have only been three women’s individual golf tournaments at the Olympic Games, with the United States having won two of them. However, the field is as balanced as it’s ever been with no country sending more than three representatives to Paris. In fact, Republic of Korea is the only other nation sending three representatives to the Games, with all three golfers sitting within the top 13 of the world rankings.
The Olympic Golf Rankings are based on the Rolex Rankings where the top 15 players in the world are eligible for Paris, with a maximum of four golfers from any given nation. Outside of the top 15 of the world rankings, a maximum of two eligible players from each country that does not already have two or more players in the top 15, are eligible for Paris 2024.
As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes’ participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024.
Nelly Korda has been dominant this season leading up to Paris 2024, winning six LPGA Tour events including her second major championship at the Chevron Championship. The 25-year-old also went on a streak of five straight events won, including six in seven appearances, over the course of four months. Her five consecutive wins tied an LPGA Tour record.
Korda shined at Tokyo 2020, most notably shooting 62 in her second round to take a tournament lead that she would never relinquish. She finished the Games at 17-under-par, one stroke ahead of silver medalist Mone Inami of Japan.
“I have never been to Paris, and the one thing I’m really looking forward to is the croissants probably on every corner,” Korda said to reporters prior to the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. “I love bakeries and baked goods, so that’s one thing I’m really looking forward to. And obviously representing my country and getting to compete in the Olympics is such an incredible opportunity.”
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