Indian golfers Aditi Ashok (46) and Diksha Dagar (138) are set to take part within the Paris Olympics whereas Shubhankar Sharma (197) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (232) even have a powerful probability of creating it to the Video games.
Whereas will probably be a 3rd look for Aditi on the Olympics which can also be essentially the most for an Indian, Diksha shall be competing for the second time. For Sharma and Bhullar, it could be their maiden look on the Olympics.
India’s finest efficiency on the Olympics got here from Aditi who completed fourth within the 2020 Tokyo Video games.
The Olympic entries are despatched by the Indian Golf Union.
Qualification for Olympics is decided by rankings, restricted to 60 males’s and as many ladies’s gamers by way of the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
The highest 15 gamers within the OWGR are eligible for the Olympics with a most restrict of 4 golfers allowed from a single nation.
The Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) after the highest 15 gamers consists of as much as two high eligible gamers per nation, so long as it doesn’t have at the very least two golfers within the high 15.
In the meantime, Sahith Theegala and Akshay Bhatia, the 2 Indian-Individuals making waves on the PGA Tour, have each reached career-high rankings this week.
Theegala, who logged a second runner-up end in 2024 and Bhatia, who gained his second PGA Tour title and certified for the Masters, at the moment are ranked No 12 and No 33 respectively.
Nonetheless, neither Theegala nor Bhatia have a chance of creating an Olympic look because the high 15 on the earth rankings have as many as eight Individuals.
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In 11 begins, Theegala has been a runner-up on the season-opener the Sentry and on the RBC Heritage and was fifth at WM Phoenix Open and tied-sixth on the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Bhatia, in his 12 begins, has gained as soon as on the Texas Open and been in high 20 as many as six instances. He additionally missed lower 4 instances.
The highest 4 Individuals are Scottie Scheffler (1), Wyndham Clark (3), defending Olympic champion Xander Schauffele (5) and Patrick Cantlay (8). Two different Individuals, Max Homa (9) and Brian Haran (10), are additionally forward of Theegala, who’s the seventh finest American on the earth rankings.
Whereas solely 4 gamers may be entered for the Olympic Video games, offered they in world’s high 15, solely US has 4 or extra within the listing.
All different international locations can ship a most of two gamers offered each are in high 60 of the Olympic qualifiers.
In the meantime, within the ladies’s part, Aditi, regardless of a modest 2024 thus far, stays on in high 50.
Diksha, who has been strong kind, has been in high 10 thrice in 5 begins on the Women European Tour, and in addition been tied-26 or higher in her two begins on the Epson Tour.
Diksha has additionally touched 138 within the ladies’s world rankings, her finest thus far.
The subsequent two Indian ladies are Pranavi Urs, taking part in her rookie season on LET, at 403 and novice Avani Prashanth at 531.
Amongst Indian males, Sharma, the lone Indian in high 200, has a finest end of tied-seventh on the Singapore Traditional and tied-16 at Dubai Desert Traditional.
Bhullar’s finest in 2024 has been tied-43 in Oman on Asian Tour, however he additionally gained as soon as at Chandigarh Open on the Indian Tour, for his second win in 4 months in India.
The subsequent finest after Sharma and Bhullar are Veer Ahlawat at 380 and Karandeep Kochhar at 434.