Big names set for men's Tokyo 2020 Olympic golf event
McIlroy, Rahm, DeChambeau and Matsuyama all set to play in the Olympic tournament, which starts next month.
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US Open winner John Rahm has had quite the few days. On Sunday he not only won his first major but became the first Spanish-born player to win the US Open. Today (Tuesday 22 June) has been named as one of the field of 60 to take part in the men's Tokyo 2020 Olympic golf tournament, which begins Thursday 29 July.
Ireland's Rory McIlroy, big-hitting American Bryson DeChambeau and Japan's history-making Masters winner, MATSUYAMA Hideki also make the list along with 2018 Ryder Cup-winning Brits (for Europe), Paul Casey and Tommy Fleetwood.
The field was drawn from the Official World Golf Ranking after the US Open finished on Sunday. The women's draw will be taken from the Rolex Rankings following the Women’s PGA Championship next week.
Big names not participating in the Summer Games in Japan, after withdrawing from contention, include Spain's Sergio Garcia, America's Dustin Johnson, Australia's Adam Scott and Germany's Martin Kaymer.
No country can qualify more than four golfers (and no more than two if any are ranked outside the top 15), which is why world number 340, Anirban Lahiri of India also made the cut.
Olympic men’s golf field:
Jon Rahm (ESP)
Justin Thomas (USA)
Collin Morikawa (USA)
Xander Schauffele (USA)
Bryson DeChambeau (USA)
Rory McIlroy (IRL)
Viktor Hovland (NOR)
Hideki Matsuyama (JPN)
Paul Casey (GBR)
Abraham Ancer (MEX)
Sungjae Im (KOR)
Cameron Smith (AUS)
Joaquin Niemann (CHI)
Tommy Fleetwood (GBR)
Corey Conners (CAN)
Victor Perez (FRA)
Garrick Higgo (RSA)
Shane Lowry (IRL)
Marc Leishman (AUS)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA)
Siwoo Kim (KOR)
Carlos Ortiz (MEX)
Mackenzie Hughes (CAN)
Sebastian Munoz (COL)
Guido Migliozzi (ITA)
Emiliano Grillo (ARG)
Rikuya Hoshino (JPN)
Antoine Rozner (FRA)
Thomas Detry (BEL)
Alex Noren (SWE)
Thomas Pieters (BEL)
Kalle Samooja (FIN)
Matthias Schwab (AUT)
Rasmus Hojgaard (DEN)
Sami Valimaki (FIN)
Jazz Janewattananond (THA)
Jhonattan Vegas (VEN)
Francesco Molinari (ITA)
Henrik Norlander (SWE)
Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP)
Guillermo Mito Pereira (CHI)
Joachim Hansen (DEN)
Rory Sabbatini (SVK)
Sepp Straka (AUT)
Ryan Fox (NZL)
CT Pan (TPE)
Adrian Meronk (POL)
Maximilian Kieffer (GER)
Juvic Pagunsan (PHI)
Ondrej Lieser (CZE)
Scott Vincent (ZIM)
Gunn Charoenkul (THA)
Hurly Long (GER)
Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR)
Rafael Campos (PUR)
Gavin Green (MAS)
Carl Yuan (CHN)
Kristian Krogh Johannessen (NOR)
Wu Ashun (CHN)
Anirban Lahiri (IND)
See more information on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic golf tournament.