Back in the news, between a men’s Major (the Masters) which has ended and a women’s one (the Chevron Championship) about to start, the discussion related to Italy towards the 2024 Paris Olympics. The world ranking, valid for qualification, will see the Olympic race end on June 17 for men and June 24 for women, in one case after the US Open and in the other after the Women’s PGA Championship.
The rules of engagement must be remembered, valid for both situations: within the first 15 places there is the possibility of bringing up to 4 players, while beyond this quota it drops to 2. In fact, they take advantage of the situation at the moment only United States (4) with men and women and South Korea (3) with women. For all the other two entries. There are 60 places available in the field for both men and women, without cuts.
Although the IGF, the world federation, which in fact is more useful for regulating Olympic qualification based on the OWGR and WWGR (the two rankings) than anything else, has the update on its website until April 8th, it is possible to update the situation up to yesterday.
In particular, in an Italian masculine way at the moment Matteo Manassero he remains solid with his 173rd place which would earn him the pass to Le Golf National without any major hitches. More intense, however, is the competition for the second ticket between two who saw their careers reach exceptional peaks in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Guido Migliozzi is 255°, Francesco Molinari 263rd, which corresponds to the current zone above 50th place in Olympic qualification, well above the “limit” (which is Kalle Samooja: Finnish is 355th. These very high limits are due to the presence of enormous numbers of Americans (and British) in the global ranking, a factor that also counts among women (here the group of Asian countries is added).
As for women, the Rolex Rankings are rewarding to date Alessandra Fanali, whose 192nd place would currently largely guarantee qualification. If anything, who needs to pay attention is Virginia Elena Carta, which as things turned out is in the 60th and last place available by virtue of the 307th in the global ranking. All thanks to the overtaking carried out by the Finn Ursula Wikstrom, currently in 306th place. In short, the Milanese will need an important result. To date, the closest Italian to competing for the five-ring place with the two mentioned is a little distant, i.e. Roberta Litiengaged on the American circuits and barely missed out on the Chevron Championship.
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