Ally Ewing was in the clubhouse Sunday at Sahalee Country Club in position to make the Olympics. She was tied for second place in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at three under par, needing to finish alone in fifth place or better to play her way into the competition later this summer in Paris.
Over the next 90 minutes Lilia Vu, Jin Young Ko and Miyu Yamashita each birdied the 18th to get to four under, pushing Ewing into a tie for fifth place. The trio of birdies left Ewing just a single spot out of qualifying for the Olympics. When the rankings were released Monday she was 16th in the world, just 0.1192 points out of the 15th place position she needed.
The field was finalized Monday after the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship using the Olympic Golf Rankings, which utilizes the Rolex Women’s Golf Rankings. Countries are allowed to have up to two representatives unless they have more than two in the top 15 in the rankings. Nations can send four players if they’re all in the top 15.
For the first time since golf’s return to the Olympics in 2016, no country will send four players. The U.S. and South Korea, however, will each field three with Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang qualifying for the Americans. Amy Yang’s resounding Women’s PGA victory earned her a place in the field for South Korea as she jumped from No. 25 to No. 5 in the world with her first career major. She’ll join Jin Young Ko and Hyo Joo Kim.
Yamashita, who primarily plays on the JLPGA Tour, was the other player to earn her way into the field. Her T-2 moved her to world No. 19, passing Ayaka Furue (No. 20) and Nasa Hataoka (No. 24) for the final spot from Japan.
The women’s competition is Aug. 7-10, three days after the men’s contest finishes at Le Golf National, which hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup. Celine Boutier and Perrine Delacour will represent France, playing in their home country.
Korda won the gold medal in 2021, Japan’s Mone Inami won silver and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko earned the bronze medal. Inami did not qualify this year, but Ko will again represent New Zealand.
Here’s your list of 60 competitors. (Rolex Rankings on June 24 in parenthesis)
United States
Nelly Korda (1)
Lilia Vu (2)
Rose Zhang (9)
Australia
Hannah Green (7)
Minjee Lee (11)
Belgium
Manon De Roey (154)
Canada
Brooke Henderson (14)
Alena Sharp (292)
China
Ruoning Yin (4)
Xiyu Lin (15)
Chinese Taipei
Peiyun Chien (88)
Wei-Ling Hsu (161)
Columbia
Mariajo Uribe (198)
Czech Republic
Klara Davidson Spilkova (192)
Sara Kouskova (290)
Denmark
Emily Kristine Pedersen (87)
Nanna Koerstz Madsen (106)
Finland
Ursala Wikstrom (286)
Noora Komulainen (301)
France
Celine Boutier (6)
Perrine Delacour (75)
Germany
Esther Henseleit (64)
Alexandra Forsterling (69)
Great Britain
Charley Hull (8)
Georgia Hall (36)
India
Aditi Ashok (60)
Diksha Dagar (167)
Ireland
Leona Maguire (32)
Stephanie Meadow (134)
Italy
Alessandra Fanali (211)
Japan
Yuka Saso (10)
Miyu Yamashita (19)
Mexico
Gaby Lopez (62)
Maria Fassi (186)
Netherlands
Anne van Dam (108)
Dewi Weber (302)
New Zealand
Lydia Ko (17)
Momoka Kobori (293)
Norway
Celine Borge (187)
Madelene Stavnar (307)
Philippines
Bianca Pagdanganan (113)
Dottie Ardina (298)
Scotland
Gemma Dryburgh (79)
Singapore
Shannon Tan (181)
Spain
Carlota Ciganda (30)
Azahara Munoz (109)
South Africa
Ashleigh Buhai (41)
Paula Reto (196)
South Korea
Jin Young Ko (3)
Amy Yang (5)
Hyo Joo Kim (13)
Sweden
Maja Stark (21)
Linn Grant (26)
Switzerland
Albane Valenzuela (70)
Morgane Metraux (127)
Thailand
Atthaya Thitikul (12)
Patty Tavatanakit (25)