It was dramatic to the finish. Amy Yang clinched her first major championship at the KPMG Women’s PGA and with it, a berth into the Paris Olympics. Yang wasn’t the only one to shore up a spot in the 60-player field with strong play in Sammamish, Washington. Runner-up Miyu Yamashita of Japan did the same.
The field was finalized on Monday after the conclusion of the third women’s major of the season. The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin with the men’s competition Aug. 1-4, followed by the women’s event Aug. 7-10. Le Golf National, the 2018 Ryder Cup venue and home of the DP World Tour’s Open de France, will host.
LPGA Hall of Fame member Inbee Park won gold at the 2016 Olympic Games while current No. 1 Nelly Korda won in 2021.
The IGF utilizes the Rolex Rankings to create its own Olympic Golf Rankings. The top 15 players in the world are eligible for Paris, with a limit of four players from any given country. The rest of the field comes straight from the rankings, with a maximum of two eligible players from each country that does not already have two or more players in the top 15.
The race to make Japan’s team got heated after Yuka Saso won the U.S. Women’s Open, and then took a controversial turn after Nasa Hataoka was disqualified at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Hataoka was subsequently passed in the rankings by Ayaka Furue, who tied for second at ShopRite.
In the end Yamashita, a JLPGA player who also tied for 12th at the U.S. Women’s Open, passed them both with her fine play at Sahalee.
American Ally Ewing tied for fifth at the KPMG and took a share of third at the USWO, but it wasn’t enough. She came up one spot short, moving up to 16th in the Rolex Rankings.
For the first time, no country in Paris will have four representatives.
Here’s a look at the final women’s field for the 2024 Paris Olympics (Rolex Rankings in parentheses):
Nelly Korda of the United States looks on during the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally at Lancaster Country Club on May 30, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Nelly Korda (1)
Lilia Vu (2)
Rose Zhang (9)
Amy Yang of South Korea hits a tee shot on the 13th hole during the second round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club on June 21, 2024 in Sammamish, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Jin Young Ko (3)
Amy Yang (5)
Hyo Koo Kim (13)
Ruoning Yin of China looks across the first tee during Day Four of the HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club on March 03, 2024 in Singapore. (Photo by Kate McShane/Getty Images)
Ruoning Yin (4)
Xiyu Lin (15)
Celine Boutier (FRA) walks up to the 17th tee during the first round of The Chevron Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports
Celine Boutier (6)
Perrine Delacour (75)
Hannah Green tees of on the fourth hole during the final round of the CPKC Women’s Open golf tournament at Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports
Hannah Green (7)
Minjee Lee (11)
Charley Hull of England hits a tee shot on the seventh hole during the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club on June 20, 2024 in Sammamish, Washington. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Charley Hull (8)
Georgia Hall (36)
Miyu Yamashita looks on during the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally at Lancaster Country Club on May 30, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Yuka Saso (10)
Miyu Yamashita (19)
Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand speaks in a press conference prior to the HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club on February 27, 2024 in Singapore. (Photo by Kate McShane/Getty Images)
Atthaya Thitikul (12)
Patty Tavatanakit (25)
Brooke M. Henderson of Canada looks on from the 15th hole during the final round of The Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods on April 21, 2024 in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Brooke Henderson (14)
Alena Sharp (292)
Lydia Ko of New Zealand plays a shot off the 12th tee prior to the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club on June 19, 2024 in Sammamish, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Lydia Ko (17)
Momoka Kobori (293)
Maja Stark (SWE) watches her approach shot on the first fairway during the third round of The Chevron Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports
Maja Stark (21)
Linn Grant (26)
Carlota Ciganda of Spain reacts after a birdie on the third green during the final round of The Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods on April 21, 2024 in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Carlota Ciganda (30)
Azahara Munoz (109)
Leona Maguire tees off on the 4th hole during the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-USA TODAY Sports
Leona Maguire (32)
Stephanie Meadow (134)
Ashleigh Buhai plays her shot from the second tee during the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally at Lancaster Country Club on May 30, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Ashleigh Buhai (41)
Paula Reto (196)
Aditi Ashok of India plays her shot from the third tee during the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship on the Seowon Hills course at Seowon Valley Country Club on October 19, 2023 in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Aditi Ashok (60)
Diksha Dagar (167)
Gaby Lopez of Mexico on the sixth hole during the first round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club on January 18, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
Gaby Lopez (62)
Maria Fassi (186)
Alexandra Forsterling (courtesy Aramco Team Series)
Esther Henseleit (64)
Alexandra Forsterling (69)
Jun 23, 2022; Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Gemma Dryburgh makes a putt on the 18th green during the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship golf tournament at Congressional Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports
Albane Valenzuela lines up a putt during the final round of the 2024 Honda LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club in Thailand. (Photo: Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images)
Albane Valenzuela (70)
Morgane Metraux (127)
Nanna Koerstz Madsen of Denmark hits a tee shot on the seventh hole during the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club on June 20, 2024 in Sammamish, Washington. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Emily Kristine Pedersen (87)
Nanna Koerstz Madsen (106)
Peiyun Chien of Chinese Taipei looks on while playing the 11th hole during the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club on June 20, 2024 in Sammamish, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Peiyun Chien (88)
Wei-Ling Hsu (161)
Anne van Dam of the Netherlands reacts on the 14th green during the first round of the LPGA Drive On Championship at Inverness Club on July 31, 2020 in Toledo, Ohio. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Anne Van Dam (108)
Dewi Weber (302)
Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines hits a tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club on June 20, 2024 in Sammamish, Washington. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Bianca Pagdanganan (113)
Dottie Ardina (298)
Manon De Roey of Belgium plays a shot from a bunker on the second hole during the first round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G at Pinnacle Country Club on September 29, 2023 in Rogers, Arkansas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Emma Spitz of Austria tees off on the 10th hole on Day Two of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics at Galgorm Castle Golf Club on August 18, 2023 in United Kingdom. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)
Shannon Tan of Singapore putts on the sixth green during day three of the Aramco Team Series, Tampa at Feather Sound Country Club on March 10, 2024 in Clearwater, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
Celine Borge tees off on the 4th hole during the third round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: John Jones-USA TODAY Sports
Celine Borge (187)
Madelene Stavnar (307)
Klara Davidson Spilkova of Czech Republic tees off on the 1st hole during the Second Round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 28, 2023 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Klara Davidson Spilkova (192)
Sara Kouskova (290)
Mariajo Uribe of Colombia plays her shot from the second tee during the second round of the U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally at Lancaster Country Club on May 31, 2024 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
Clare , Ireland – 3 September 2023; Alessandra Fanali of Italy acknowledges the crowd after her putt on the 18th green during day four of the KPMG Women’s Irish Open Golf Championship at Dromoland Castle in Clare. (Photo By Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Ashley Lau of Malaysia hits her second shot on the 15th hole during the second round of The Epson Tour Championship at LPGA International on October 6, 2023 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)
Noora Komulainen of Finland looks on after teeing off on the first hole during day three of the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed at Vasatorps Golfklubb on June 8, 2024 in Helsingborg, Sweden. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
Ursala Wikstrom (286)
Noora Komulainen (301)
Ana Belac of Slovenia watches her tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the Dana Open presented by Marathon at Highland Meadows Golf Club on September 02, 2022 in Sylvania, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)