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The International Golf Federation and the IOC announced on the 29th (local time in Switzerland) that, along with the one-year delay in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the qualification schedule for the Olympic Golf Games will also be changed so that match the 2021 calendar.
Due to the one-year performance of the Olympics, athletes were eligible to compete through the Olympic Golf Ranking (OGR), with men added through June 21, 2021 and women through June 28.
The calculation of the classification for the Olympic Games started on July 1, 2018 and was scheduled to close in June until the postponement was decided. At Olympic Golf, 60 men and women competed for medals.
Olympic Golf Rankings are based on the Men’s and Women’s World Golf Rankings (WOWGR, Women’s World Golf Rankings).
The International Golf Federation’s announcement was based on the amendment rules regarding eligibility to be announced on April 2 when the IOC postponed the Tokyo Olympics. It included information on the one-year grace period guarantee and the adjustment of the final date of eligibility.
As a result, the International Golf Federation has changed the new eligibility date to enter the postponed Olympic dates, and has been approved by the IOC.
“The most equitable and rational way to adjust the existing selection method to align with the new schedule for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which the IOC has decided on, is to change the eligibility date,” said Anthony Scanrun, Managing Director of the International Golf Federation. It was.
Furthermore, “Thanks to the IOC, the International Golf Federation will continue to work with the IOC and the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympics to help athletes experience a fair and special experience in a safe competition environment at the Olympic Games in Golf in 2021. “He added.
Finally, athletes within the top 15 of the standings are eligible to compete in the Olympics first. Of the athletes in the top 15, only 4 athletes of the same nationality can compete.
In the first 15 players and more, up to 2 players will be selected from each country depending on the country where there are not more than 2 competitors among the 15 best players already qualified. In any case, at least one player is guaranteed, and every five continents receives one ticket per continent.
Olympic golf was revived in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 in men-112 and women-116 years, and Justin Rose (England) and Park In-bi (32), ‘Golf Empress’, won gold medals for both men and women.
On March 20, the OWGR and WWGR steering committees announced that the world ranking announcement would be suspended due to coronavirus-19. The time to resume the calculation of world rankings for each man and woman will be announced again later.
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