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New Zealand golfers Ryan Fox and Daniel Hillier have been confirmed in the 60-player field for next month's men's golf competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The 60 players earned their spots based on the official International Golf Federation world ranking list as of Monday.
Each of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking were eligible, with countries limited to a maximum of four participants. The remainder of the field was determined directly from the IGF ranking list.
Fox and Hillier's places will now be confirmed by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
Fox has competed twice at the Olympics, while this will be the first for Hillier.
American Xander Schauffele will return to the Olympics to defend his gold medal from four years ago. He will be joined by fellow Americans Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa.
Patrick Cantlay rose to eighth in the world after his tie for third at the US Open on Sunday, but he was narrowly edged out by seventh-ranked Morikawa. Bryson DeChambeau claimed his second US Open title at Pinehurst, but he finished as the sixth-highest-ranked American, 10th in the OWGR.
The competition is scheduled for 1-4 August at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, the site of the 2018 Ryder Cup and the host of the DP World Tour's Open de France since 1991.
The women's Olympic golf field will be finalised next week following the Womens PGA Championship.
Lydia Ko is guaranteed a start while Momoka Kobori could also make the field.
New Zealand golfer Daniel Hillier. Photo: Photosport
Olympic men's field (Official World Golf Ranking)
USA
Scottie Scheffler (1)
Xander Schauffele (3)
Wyndham Clark (5)
Collin Morikawa (7)
Ireland
Rory McIlroy (2)
Shane Lowry (33)
Sweden
Ludvig Aberg (4)
Alex Noren (55)
Norway
Viktor Hovland (6)
Kris Ventura (281)
Spain
Jon Rahm (9)
David Puig (113)
Japan
Hideki Matsuyama (12)
Keita Nakajima (83)
Great Britain
Tommy Fleetwood (13)
Matt Fitzpatrick (18)
France
Matthieu Pavon (20)
Vitor Perez (78)
Austria
Sepp Straka (21)
Australia
Jason Day (24)
Min Woo Lee (36)
South Korea
Tom Kim (26)
Byeong Hun An (27)
Canada
Nick Taylor (35)
Corey Conners (37)
South Africa
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (40)
Erik van Rooyen (67)
Germany
Stephan Jaeger (42)
Matti Schmid (134)
Denmark
Nicolai Hojgaard (44)
Thorbjorn Olesen (85)
Belgium
Thomas Detry (48)
Argentina
Emiliano Grillo (52)
Alejandro Tosti (98)
New Zealand
Ryan Fox (59)
Daniel Hillier (190)
Poland
Adrian Meronk (73)
Chile
Joaquin Niemann (99)
Cristobel Del Solar (195)
Finland
Sami Valimaki (100)
Taiwan
Kevin Yu (108)
C.T. Pan (140)
Netherlands
Joost Luiten (147)
Darius van Driel (237)
China
Carl Yuan (155)
Marty Dou Zecheng (338)
Colombia
Camilo Villegas (177)
Nico Echevarria (269)
Italy
Matteo Manassero (180)
Guido Migliozzi (198)
Belgium
Adrien Dumont de Chassart (187)
India
Subshankar Sharma (219)
Gaganjeet Bhullar (261)
Puerto Rico
Rafael Campos (221)
Mexico
Carlos Ortiz (240)
Abraham Ancer (312)
Thailand
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (242)
Phachara Khongwatmai (287)
Malaysia
Gavin Green (257)
Paraguay
Fabrizio Zanotti (343)
-RNZ/Reuters
