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European Tour Qualifying School schedule revealed

The European Tour Qualifying School has been bolstered by the addition of four new venues ahead of the competition’s return in 2021.

Montado Hotel & Golf Resort in Portugal and Australia’s Rosebud Country Club will both make their long-awaited debuts in 2021 after the Qualifying School was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while Denmark’s Lyngbygaard Golf and Empordà Golf , in Spain, have also been added to the schedule for 2021.

The European Tour Qualifying School will visit 14 venues from September to November and gives players – professional and amateur – the opportunity to earn their place on Europe’s top tier for the 2022 season.

Montado Hotel & Golf Resort, Lyngbygaard Golf and Rosebud Country Club will all make their Qualifying School debuts as First Stage venues, with the latter making history as the first Australian venue to hold a Qualifying School event. First Stage will take place across nine venues in total, including returning locations in Austria, England, France, Italy and Sweden.

Empordà Golf, which is located in Girona, Spain, returns to the European Tour Qualifying School schedule as a Second Stage setting, along with three other Spanish venues, after previously hosting Final Stage in 2000, 2002 and 2003.

Mike Stewart, European Tour Qualifying School Tournament Director, said : “We are delighted to welcome all four venues to the European Tour Qualifying School family.

“The addition of Montado means we will continue our association with Portugal for the 11 th  time in 12 years, while we are excited to return to Denmark for the first time since 2009 when we visit Lyngbygaard Golf.

“We have great memories from our previous events at Empordà Golf and it is a venue we know is fitting of hosting the Second Stage of European Tour Qualifying School.

“As a global Tour, we are delighted to be able to host a First Stage event in Australia at Rosebud Country Club. European Tour Qualifying School gives an opportunity to professionals and amateurs alike to achieve their dream of earning a European Tour card and to extend the opportunity to players in the Asia-Pacific region is an exciting development.”

Lumine Golf Club , which has held the previous three Final Stage events, will return for a fourth stint as host of the Qualifying School finale.

The three-stage competition culminates in Lumine from November 12-17, 2021, where 156 players will compete over six rounds in a bid to secure one of 25 European Tour cards.

A full list of this year’s dates and locations are as follows:

FIRST STAGE

Section A 31 August – 3 September The Players Club, England Rosebud Country Club (North Course), Victoria, Australia

Section B 7-10 September Arlandastad Golf, Sweden

Section C 14-17 September Montado Hotel & Golf Resort, Portugal 15-18 September Golfclub Schloss Ebreichsdorf, Austria

Section D 21-24 September Bogogno Golf Resort (Conte Course), Italy Lyngbygaard Golf, Brabrand, Denmark

Section E 5-8 October Frilford Heath (Red Course), England Golf d’Hardelot, Les Pins, France

SECOND STAGE

4-7 November Alenda Golf, Alicante, Spain Empordà Golf, Girona, Spain Desert Springs Resort, Almeria, Spain Las Colinas Golf & Country Club, Alicante, Spain

FINAL STAGE

12-17 November Lumine Golf Club, Tarragona, Spain

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Letter from Europe

What’s on tap in Europe for 2022? Only a reimagined pro tour and a review of Ryder Cup qualifying

In at least one sense, life was never easy for the European Tour. Forever an economic second-best behind the financial behemoth that is the PGA Tour, the Old World circuit always struggled to compete for the attention and attendance of golf’s biggest names. That fact isn’t likely to change now that the “ET” has been laid to rest, but the strategic alliance between the newly packaged DP World Tour and the PGA Tour is one that most in Europe see as a positive development. Call it inevitable—and sensible, too—given the potentially imminent threat to the status quo offered by the Saudi Arabia-based LIV Golf Investments.

“What needs to be talked about is how the alignment with the PGA Tour evolves and what effect that will have in 2023 and beyond,” says Paul McGinley, former European Ryder Cup captain and a member of the DP World Tour Board of Directors. “We’re still finding our feet with that relationship, one that has never been better. We have aligned together against the Saudis. And that loyalty is being repaid in what they call ‘working streams.’ There is a lot more collaboration on social media. Communication is better. So many ideas are now being shared.”

So it is that, in many respects, 2022 can be viewed as something of a transitional year for the rebranded tour . One week before the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in July, the Scottish Open will become the first DP World Tour event to be co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour. At the same time, the Barbasol and Barracuda Championships in the U.S. will offer starts to DP World Tour members.

Each tour gets 73 spots in the Scottish Open field, with any dual members counting against the PGA Tour’s allocation. So the old line of “play better” will be the response to any DP World players who complain about not getting a start.

“But, on the other hand, I don’t think there will be a more exciting or better time to play well on the European Tour,” says David Law, a Scotsman who finished 100th on the 2021 Race to Dubai. “There are those opportunities to play in the States opposite the Scottish and the Open. Playing really well there could bring massive rewards.”

MORE: European Tour rebranded DP World Tour for 2022

Whatever, it is a safe bet that such arrangements will increase in frequency in 2023 and beyond. Which is easier said than done, of course. While it’s not that hard to put together a schedule, it is difficult to be fair to all concerned. In particular, the guys down the points lists have to be looked after. Players like David Drysdale, who got the last European Tour card in 2020-21, can’t be lost in this. The tours can’t just look after the star names. As member organizations, they have an obligation to make sure everyone has opportunities to play.

The same is true of the PGA Tour. But it’s difficult to take 230 players from two tours, mix them together and be completely fair. So a schedule that works for both tours is required. Whatever the Saudis do, they will do. DP World chief executive Keith Pelley has made his bed and has aligned with the PGA Tour in an attempt to present the best product he can. After that, players are free to make their own choices.

“To be honest, I’m not sure the likes of Paul Casey, Lee Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter, Luke Donald and Graeme McDowell making the jump to anything the Saudis come up with would necessarily do much harm to the DP World Tour,” says Ewen Murray, a former European Tour player and now Sky Sports commentator. “Hardly any of them play that much in Europe these days. Like the PGA Tour, what the European Tour has done really well is to [just] keep going [during the COVID-19 pandemic]. OK, the money was down, but there has been a chance to play almost every week. I would have to question the integrity of those who say goodbye to all that, just to chase a few dollars.”

In the meantime, work continues behind the scenes on both sides of the Atlantic.

“There is certainly more to come as far as our partnership with the PGA Tour is concerned,” McGinley says. “More tournaments are likely to be aligned and co-sanctioned as time goes on. There is lot going on behind the scenes as we try to build a year-long international schedule that works for both tours. There are a few obvious opportunities for us. Post-FedEx Cup is one. Finishing in Dubai, that’s a big part of our season.”

The DP World schedule will offer $200 million in 2022, twice as much as 2021 , and represents, according to Pelley, “a new era for global golf.” Maybe, but still one that will retain some familiar aspects. Strong early in the Middle East—the tour resumes play the week of Jan. 17 in Abu Dhabi—and around the Open Championship, the traditional ebb and flow on tour remains. Meanwhile, “in-between” times like February/March, April/May and August will still feature a mix of some strong and not-so strong events.

“Our long-established tournaments will continue to flourish under the DP World umbrella,” McGinley says. “That level of sponsorship was a huge announcement for us, not just financially. It shows we are in good shape entering what looks like a new era for professional golf. But there are decisions to be made on what events remain just part of our tour and which ones are also part of the PGA Tour. It’s all being navigated at the moment.”

For the first time in the history of the former European Tour, an American—Collin Morikawa—won the year-long Race to Dubai title.

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And not only on the main circuit. Recently, the second-division Challenge Tour announced a record-breaking global schedule for the 2022 season that will see the total prize fund surpass the €8 million mark for the first time. In all, the “Road to Mallorca” will consist of 31 tournaments staged across three continents in 18 different countries.

Which is all good. But Murray, would go further.

“I’ve always been an advocate of more change over, a bigger influx of new players every year,” says the Scot. “I don’t think as many as 110 players should be exempt. I see 75 as enough, which would allow more spots to open up for those graduating from the Challenge Tour. I like to see young players getting a chance. If they get to play in what might be called ‘average’ DP World Tour events, the incentive and opportunity to move up and on into the premier events will be there. Those events will become important stepping stones for those good enough to make the next upward move.”

Still, first thing first.

“I’m thrilled to see the prize money boost there,” says Law, who spent five years on the Challenge Tour before graduating to the European circuit. “A minimum purse of €250,000 every week will make a massive difference. It used to be that you had to make maybe €30,000 to keep your Challenge Tour card. And around €90,000-€95,000 would see you onto the European Tour. Next year those numbers will go up. Players will need to make around €45,000 to keep their cards. And those who do get promoted will have made some decent dough. Given the standard of golf being played on that tour, those numbers are far more appropriate.”

'We can’t brush Whistling Straits under any carpets. There are many lessons to be learned. Although we had a lot of headwinds against us, what happened wasn’t just a loss. It was a hammering.'

Hang on though. While the financial side of the tours are trending upward, some perspective is required. Yes, the prize money on the DP World Tour has doubled, but only when compared with last season. In many cases, purses have not yet returned to their pre-pandemic levels. By way of example, the British Masters will offer £1.85 million in 2022; in 2019 the prize fund was £3 million. The Dutch and European Opens will both pay €1.75 million this year, down from €2 million three years earlier. And the European Masters has fallen from €2.5 million to €2 million.

Which is not to say that the tour officials have failed in their primary mission to provide the membership with playing and financial opportunities. Yes, there have been more than a few €1 million events, and the odd dodgy course, but play continued. No mean feat for such a multi-national operation.

“It goes without saying that the European Tour had to work incredibly hard to keep going as it did,” Law says. “Had we had the schedule we have for 2022 with similar money to what we have seen over the last 18 months, no one could really have complained. But we were beginning to see a knock-on effect at those smaller events. Take the caddies. Those guys make their living off the percentages of what their players earn. And when those percentages went down, it was starting to be tough to get caddies at events. So the boost to the prize funds was something the tour needed. They’ve done a brilliant job in that respect.”

MORE: How an American finally grabbed the European Tour’s Race to Dubai title

Elsewhere, this wouldn’t be the tour formerly known as European if there was not some talk of the Ryder Cup. Even in years when the biennial battle is in abeyance, the subject is never far from the surface, both on the range and in the media. And in that, the DP World Tour will be no different. According to McGinley, an in-depth look at all things Ryder Cup has already begun in the wake of Europe’s record-breaking loss at Whistling Straits .

“There’s a big de-briefing going on, which is appropriate after such a heavy defeat,” McGinley says. “We have to review a lot of things. I’m on the Ryder Cup committee, but our [mission] is not to control the team. We are more involved, alongside the PGA of America, in building the Ryder Cup brand going forward. But I’m aware of what is going on. [Ryder Cup director] Guy Kinnings is currently undertaking a long look at every aspect of the Ryder Cup.”

Surely part of the eventual conclusions will be a close inspection of the qualifying criteria. With the changing landscape and the fact that so many of Europe’s best players are now based in America, it is appropriate to question the process. Do Europe’s young players get enough of a chance to make the team? Many feel there still needs to be a route into the side from the DP World Tour, although it is clear that it doesn’t have to be one that makes up 50 percent of the squad.

“We need to have the best team out there,” McGinley says. “And we need to have a qualification system that is evolving as the game is evolving. All of those things are being reviewed. We were beaten by a record margin. So we can’t just say things will be grand in two years time, or that all we have to do is grow the rough and off we go. Things are a lot deeper than that. We have to lick our wounds and take a serious look at what we need to do next time. And when that is done present it first to the ex-captains who are currently choosing the next skipper.”

MORE: Lee Westwood’s simple reason why he’ll pass on being Europe’s next Ryder Cup captain

A closer inspection of the scoring at Whistling Straits reveals the disturbing fact that, too often, the Europeans were beaten more by their own relatively poor play than American brilliance. There was also the impression that the narrative over the three days was more focused on team morale—“we’re all great pals and that’s what really counts”—than on the fact that they were getting royally thrashed.

“We can’t brush Whistling Straits under any carpets,” McGinley says. “There are many lessons to be learned. Although we had a lot of headwinds against us, what happened at Whistling Straits wasn’t just a loss. It was a hammering. Away from home with no support was always going to be difficult against what was maybe the best-ever American team. And I mean team. I don’t mean that in terms of this playing ability. I mean in how cohesive they were. And how well-captained and structured they were. They kept it simple. Everything behind the scenes looked very straightforward.”

All of which is for the future. More immediately, many questions remain for the new tour. Things clearly need to settle down. One way of another, the DP World needs to know where things stand with Saudi’s LIV Golf Investments. Is there going to be a rival tour? Are some players going to make the jump? Where are we going to be with COVID? Are we going to see increased restrictions? That’s a big question for a circuit that involves so much international travel.

“We are in the eye of the storm in that respect,” McGinley says. “So it is difficult to predict what will happen in the next 12 months. There are so many challenges and so much turmoil in the world at the moment.”

How To Earn A European Tour Card

There are many ways to qualify for a European Tour card which gives membership to the European Tour, now known as the DP World Tour

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There are two basic ways to get a European Tour card and thus membership of the European Tour, or DP World Tour as it is now known : you have it and retain it, or you qualify to move onto the Tour. There are many different routes to retain membership, just as there are for qualification.

The DP World tour operates, in effect, a promotion and relegation system with the Challenge Tour. It used to be that the top 110 on the Race to Dubai were guaranteed ‘staying up’ and the top players on the Challenge Tour’s Road to Mallorca were ‘promoted’. Those promoted this way used to be the top 15 but with Q-School (more of which later) suspended during the pandemic, it has been the top 20. Similarly, it has been the top 121 on the Race to Dubai who have ‘stayed up’ recently.

There are other ways to retain Tour membership which do not rely upon the final position in the Race to Dubai. Winning a DP World Tour event earns exemption from ‘relegation’, with the more prestigious the tournament, the more the number of seasons exemption a victory earns. Race to Dubai winners also gain lengthy exemptions. Some players can even retain membership on the basis of career performances, under a category of membership known rather delightfully and officially as ‘Legends’.

But how can you qualify for the Tour for the next season if not already on it during the current season? Well, a strong finishing position on the Challenge Tour’s order of merit is one way. Winning the order of merit of other selected tours around the world also brings with it DP World Tour membership.

But what if you are a golfer who fancies joining the Tour and none of the above applies? For them there is Qualifying School, or Q-School as it is known.

This was not held in 2020 or 2021 because of the pandemic. But ordinarily it is run over three stages and the top 25 in the final stage earn Tour membership. Some players are exempt from having to enter at stage one, and automatically qualify for either stage two or stage three.

Stages one and two are four-round tournaments at various venues. Stage three is a six-round tournament at one venue in Spain (most recently at in Tarragona at Lumine Golf Club , now renamed Infinitum )  with 156 entrants, with a cut after four rounds. The top 25 win Tour membership.

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It costs to enter Q-School – the fee was €1,800 in 2019, the last time Q-School has been held. That year 842 golfers teed it up in the first stage across nine different venues with 183 players qualifying through this process to join those players whose exemption took them straight into stage two. 

You do not need to become a PGA Professional if you fancy a shot at Tour glory and a European Tour card. The good news is any male amateur golfer can enter Q-School so long as they have a handicap of 0.4 or lower. The bad news is that shot is probably the longest of longshots: the last time Q-School was held, more than 1,000 golfers entered in quest of those 25 spots.

Contributing Writer Roderick is the author of the critically acclaimed comic golf novel, Summer At Tangents . Golf courses and travel are Roderick’s particular interests. He writes travel articles and general features for the magazine, travel supplement and website. He also compiles the magazine's crossword. He is a member of Trevose Golf & Country Club and has played golf in around two dozen countries. Cricket is his other main sporting love. He is also the author of five non-fiction books, four of which are still in print:  The Novel Life of PG Wodehouse ; The Don: Beyond Boundaries ; Wally Hammond: Gentleman & Player and England’s Greatest Post-War All Rounder .

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European tour offers boost in prize money, new minimum pay

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The European tour will offer $150,000 against players' earnings and pay $1,500 to other players if they miss the cut as part of a new schedule announced Thursday that boosts prize money and returns to Australia and parts of Asia.

The tour said prize money would be $144.2 million, not including the four majors and the World Golf Championship in Texas.

The four Rolex Series events -- Abu Dhabi, Dubai, the Scottish Open and BMW PGA Championship -- get $1 million increases to $9 million, with the season-ending DP World Tour Championship having a $10 million purse.

The tour also said $6 million from a bonus pool would be distributed among the leading eight players in the DP World Tour rankings at the end of the year.

The changes reflect alliances Europe has established with the PGA Tour and tours in South Africa and Australia amid new competition from Saudi-funded LIV Golf.

Most significant is an "Earnings Assurance Program" that provides $150,000 to full members that count against tournament earnings. It is similar to what the PGA Tour announced for this season, with a few changes.

The U.S. tour is offering $500,000 up front for rookies and players who earned their card back from the Korn Ferry Tour. Everyone else will be paid the difference if they don't earn $500,000 in the season.

The European tour is offering $20,000 at the start of the season for rookies, Challenge Tour graduates and those who make it through qualifying school. Everyone else will get paid the difference if the don't earn $150,000 at the end of the season.

"For us to be able to offer our members record prize funds and enhanced earning opportunities is massive, particularly when global economies are still feeling the effects of the pandemic and with the new challenge of rising inflation significantly putting pressure on costs in all facets of our business," said Keith Pelley, the chief executive of the European tour.

He said the overall prize fund is some $50 million more than two years ago.

The new season begins Nov. 24-27 -- one week after the current season ends -- with consecutive weeks of co-sanctioned events in South Africa and Australia. The Australian PGA Championship is the same week as the Joburg Open, while the Australian Open is the same week as the South African Open.

It will be the first time the Australian Open is co-sanctioned by Europe, while the Australian PGA was on the European schedule from 2015 through 2019. Neither event has been held since 2019 because of the pandemic.

Also new to the European tour -- officially the DP World Tour because of its umbrella sponsorship -- are tournaments in Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Korea.

That puts the 39 tournaments in 26 countries on five continents.

The new year starts with the Hero Cup, patterned after the former Seve Trophy to give European tour members a taste of the Ryder Cup format.

The Italian Open will be May 4-7, significant because it is at Marco Simone outside Rome, which hosts the Ryder Cup at the end of September. It's the same week as the Wells Fargo Championship on the PGA Tour, an elevated event worth $20 million, which would make it difficult for Americans -- along with American-based Europeans -- to play.

Missing from the schedule is a Spanish stop at Valderrama, which is likely to be used by LIV Golf next year.

The European tour also has a three-week break after the British Open, a break Pelley said was sought by players.

Ryder Cup qualifying ends Sept. 3 at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland. After that, players have the Irish Open, BMW PGA Championship, the French Open and then the Ryder Cup.

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2024 Paris Olympics: Meet the 60 Qualifiers for the Women's Golf Competition in France

Familiar faces in first place following round three of dow championship.

The qualification period for the women’s golf competition has concluded and the International Golf Federation has announced the 60 qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Two countries will have three representatives at Le Golf National, as Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang will compete for the United States and Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang and Hyo Joo Kim are slated to play for the Republic of Korea. Yang claimed a last-minute spot in the field after winning her first career major title at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the final qualifying event for the women’s competition.

Over 20 athletes will make their Olympic debuts, including Swedes Maja Stark and Linn Grant, and 15 players will be teeing it up in their third straight Games, most notably two-time medalist Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Canadian Brooke Henderson and Australia’s Minjee Lee.

Other notable qualifiers are Colombian Mariajo Uribe, who has announced that the 2024 Paris Olympics will be her last event as a professional golfer, and Yuka Saso, who, after representing the Philippines at the 2020 Tokyo Games, will compete for Japan for the first time in Paris. Saso earned her second Olympic berth by winning the U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally at Lancaster Country Club. Ladies European Tour winner Shannon Tan will make her Olympic debut, marking the first time ever that an athlete from Singapore has participated in the women's or men's Olympic golf competition.

Take a look at all 60 of the 2024 Olympic qualifiers:

• United States: Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Rose Zhang
• Republic of Korea: Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang, Hyo Joo Kim
• People’s Republic of China: Ruoning Yin, Xiyu Lin
• France: Celine Boutier, Perrine Delacour
• Australia: Hannah Green, Minjee Lee
• Great Britain: Charley Hull, Georgia Hall
• Japan: Yuka Saso, Miyu Yamashita
• Thailand: Atthaya Thitikul, Patty Tavatanakit
• Canada: Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp
• New Zealand: Lydia Ko, Momoka Kobori
• Sweden: Maja Stark, Linn Grant
• Spain: Carlota Ciganda, Azahara Munoz
• Ireland: Leona Maguire, Stephanie Meadow
• South Africa: Ashleigh Buhai, Paula Reto
• India: Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar
• Mexico: Gaby Lopez, Maria Fassi
• Germany: Esther Henseleit, Alexandra Forsterling
• Switzerland: Albane Valenzuela, Morgane Metraux
• Denmark: Emily Kristine Pedersen, Nanna Koerstz Madsen
• Chinese Taipei: Peiyun Chien, Wei-Ling Hsu
• Netherlands: Anne van Dam, Dewi Weber
• Philippines: Bianca Pagdanganan, Dottie Ardina
• Belgium: Manon De Roey
• Austria: Emma Spitz
• Singapore: Shannon Tan
• Norway: Celine Borge, Madelene Stavnar
• Czech Republic: Klara Davidson Spilkova, Sara Kouskova
• Colombia: Mariajo Uribe
• Italy: Alessandra Fanali
• Malaysia: Ashley Lau
• Finland: Ursula Wikstrom, Noora Komulainen
• Slovenia: Ana Belac
• Morocco: Ines Laklalech

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Simone biles showed off her incredible taylor swift-themed floor routine at u.s. olympic gymnastics trials, share this article.

We’re less than a month away from the 2024 Olympic Games getting underway in Paris, France, which means that some of the best athletes in the U.S. are competing this weekend in qualifying trials.

And that group includes Simone Biles , arguably the greatest of all-time when it comes to gymnastics. The 27-year-old has four gold medals to her name – and a sliver and two bronze – and 23 golds from the World Championships.

USA Today wrote that Biles was “a lock for the Paris team even before Friday night,” but she impressed and wowed audiences anyways with a leading score of 58.900.

Biles turned the most heads on Friday night with a floor routine that USA Today’s Tom Schad described as “masterful” and one that fans of Taylor Swift would likely define as fantastic.

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According to NBC , Biles unveiled this floor routine using Swift’s song at the 2024 Core Hydration Classic in May.

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2024 Paris Olympics: Meet the 60 qualifiers for the women’s golf competition

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Lydia Ko of New Zealand plays her second shot on the 10th hole during the second round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. (David Cannon/Getty Images)

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The qualification period for the women’s golf competition has concluded and the International Golf Federation has announced the 60 qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Two countries will have three representatives at Le Golf National, as Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang will compete for the United States and Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang and Hyo Joo Kim are slated to play for the Republic of Korea. Yang claimed a last-minute spot in the field after winning her first career major title at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the final qualifying event for the women’s competition.

Over 20 athletes will make their Olympic debuts, including Swedes Maja Stark and Linn Grant, and nearly 20 players (four men, 15 women) will be teeing it up in their third straight Games, most notably two-time medalist Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Canadian Brooke Henderson and Australia’s Minjee Lee.

Australia’s Minjee Lee will compete in her third straight Olympic Games. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Maja Stark and Linn Grant qualified for Sweden for the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

Lydia Ko of Team New Zealand celebrates with the silver medal at the victory ceremony after the final round of the Women's Individual Stroke Play on day fifteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kasumigaseki Country Club on August 07, 2021 in Kawagoe, Japan. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Other notable qualifiers are Colombian Mariajo Uribe, who has announced that the 2024 Paris Olympics will be her last event as a professional golfer, and Yuka Saso, who, after representing the Philippines at the 2020 Tokyo Games, will compete for Japan for the first time in Paris. Saso earned her second Olympic berth by winning the U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally at Lancaster Country Club.

For the first time ever, Singapore will be represented in the Olympic golf competition with Shannon Tan’s qualification. She is the first Singaporean to ever compete in the Olympic golf competition in either the men’s or women’s competitions.

Take a look at all 60 of the 2024 Olympic qualifiers:

• United States: Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Rose Zhang
• Republic of Korea: Jin Young Ko, Amy Yang, Hyo Joo Kim
• People’s Republic of China: Ruoning Yin, Xiyu Lin
• France: Celine Boutier, Perrine Delacour
• Australia: Hannah Green, Minjee Lee
• Great Britain: Charley Hull, Georgia Hall
• Japan: Yuka Saso, Miyu Yamashita
• Thailand: Atthaya Thitikul, Patty Tavatanakit
• Canada: Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp
• New Zealand: Lydia Ko, Momoka Kobori
• Sweden: Maja Stark, Linn Grant
• Spain: Carlota Ciganda, Azahara Munoz
• Ireland: Leona Maguire, Stephanie Meadow
• South Africa: Ashleigh Buhai, Paula Reto
• India: Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar
• Mexico: Gaby Lopez, Maria Fassi
• Germany: Esther Henseleit, Alexandra Forsterling
• Switzerland: Albane Valenzuela, Morgane Metraux
• Denmark: Emily Kristine Pedersen, Nanna Koerstz Madsen
• Chinese Taipei: Peiyun Chien, Wei-Ling Hsu
• Netherlands: Anne van Dam, Dewi Weber
• Philippines: Bianca Pagdanganan, Dottie Ardina
• Belgium: Manon De Roey
• Austria: Emma Spitz
• Singapore: Shannon Tan
• Norway: Celine Borge, Madelene Stavnar
• Czech Republic: Klara Davidson Spilkova, Sara Kouskova
• Colombia: Mariajo Uribe
• Italy: Alessandra Fanali
• Malaysia: Ashley Lau
• Finland: Ursula Wikstrom, Noora Komulainen
• Slovenia: Ana Belac
• Morocco: Ines Laklalech