Meet the Olympic Field

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Austria

Christine Wolf will represent Austria in Rio. A member of the Ladies European Tour, Wolf turned professional in 2012 and is still looking to pick up her first win on Tour.

Australia

Two members of the LPGA Tour, Minjee Lee and Su Oh will represent Australia in Rio. A 2016 rookie on Tour, Oh bumped Hall of Fame member Karrie Webb from the standings with two top-10 finishes this season on Tour to earn her way onto the Australian Olympic Team. Oh knows what it takes to win on golf’s biggest stage, having captured the Ladies European Tour’s RACV Australian Ladies Masters in 2015. Lee is a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour who picked up her first win in her rookie season in 2015 followed by her second win earlier in 2016 at the LOTTE Championship. The Australian has four more top-10s in addition to her victory in 2016.

Belgium

Chloe Leurguin will return to Rio, where she was born, to represent her home country of Belgium. Leurguin is a member of the Ladies European Tour who turned professional in 2013 and is looking for her first win on Tour.

Brazil

Miriam Nagl and Victoria Lovelady will enjoy the opportunity to represent their home country of Brazil in front of a hometown crowd. Nagl turned professional in 2001 and is a member of the Ladies European Tour. Lovelady is also a member of the LET who turned professional in 2010 and posted a season best T-21 at the Lalla Meryem Cup earlier in 2016.

Canada

Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp represent Canada in the Summer Olympic Games. Henderson is a three-time winner on the LPGA Tour who captured her first major victory in June at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Sharp has played some of the best golf of her career on the LPGA Tour in recent weeks, with two top-11 finishes in her last four starts. Canada was the last country to win when golf was in the Olympics in 1904.

China

The LPGA Tour’s Shanshan Feng and Xi Yu Lin will represent China at this year’s Olympic games. Feng is a four-time winner on the LPGA Tour including a major champion who captured the 2012 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Feng is a 2008 rookie who has posted four top-10 finishes this season on Tour. Lin, also a member of the LPGA Tour, joined in 2014 and is still in search of her first win on Tour. She has posted two top-10s so far in 2016.

Chinese Taipei

Teresa Lu and the LPGA Tour’s Candie Kung will represent Chinese Taipei in Rio. Lu is a nine-time winner on the JLPGA who also won the 2013 TOTO JAPAN CLASSIC on the LPGA Tour, where she played between 2006 and 2010. Kung is a four-time winner on the LPGA Tour who has posted three top-10s so far in 2016.

Colombia

Mariajo Uribe represents her home country of Colombia this year in Rio. She is a 2010 rookie on the LPGA Tour who posted a T-4 finish at the Cambia Portland Classic for her best finish of the year. Uribe is still in search of her first victory on Tour.

Czech Republic

Ladies European Tour member Klara Spilkova represents the Czech Republic in Rio this August. Spilkova turned professional in 2011 and posted a career best finish of a share of fourth at the 2015 Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open.

Denmark

The Ladies European Tour’s Nicole Broch Larsen and Nanna Koerstz Madsen represent Denmark in Rio. Both are proven winners on Tour, most recently Koerstz Madsen who won in June at the Tipsport Golf Masters for her first victory on Tour. Broch Larsen finished T-11 at the 2015 Evian Championship on the LPGA Tour.

Finland

Ursula Wikstrom and Noora Tamminen, both members of the Ladies European Tour, will represent Finland in the Summer Olympic Games. Wikstrom turned pro in 2003 and has yet to win on Tour. Tamminen turned professional in 2013 and posted a career best T-5 at the Pilsen Golf Masters in 2015.

France

The LPGA Tour’s Karine Icher and Gwladys Nocera will represent France in Rio. Icher is a 2003 rookie on Tour who has posted two top-10s so far in 2016. Nocera is a 15-time winner on the Ladies European Tour who turned professional in 2002.

Germany

Sandra Gal and Caroline Masson, both members of the LPGA Tour, represent Germany this summer in Brazil. Gal has been on Tour since 2008 and won the 2011 Kia Classic for her first victory on Tour. She posted a season best T-4 at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in June. Masson joined the Tour in 2013 and has posted two top-10s so far in 2016. Both were members of the European Solheim Cup Team who competed in the 2015 matches in their home country of Germany.

Great Britain

Charley Hull and Catriona Matthew will represent Great Britain this summer in the Olympic games. Hull joined the LPGA in 2015 having captured Rookie of the Year and Order of Merit honors on the Ladies European Tour. Hull has three top-10s on Tour in 2016. Matthew, a 1995 rookie on the LPGA Tour, is a four-time winner on Tour and 10-time Ladies European Tour winner. She has posted just one top-10 so far in 2016.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan is headed to Rio this summer. Chan is one of the few amateurs competing in the games. She is a former member of the Daytona State College team who transferred to the University of Southern California where she is now a member of the women’s team.

India

Aditi Ashok of India will represent her home country in the Summer Olympic Games. Ashok is a 2016 rookie on the Ladies European Tour who became the youngest to win the Tour School at the age of 17. She became the first from India to compete at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia in 2015 where she took low amateur honors in finishing T-42.

Ireland

Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire of Ireland are headed to Rio. Maguire is as one of the few amateurs competing in the 2016 games. Maguire is a three-time member of the Curtis Cup in 2010, 2012 and 2016 and a junior at Duke University. Meadow is a 2015 rookie on the LPGA Tour who posted a career best finish in a T-20 showing at the 2015 ANA Inspiration.

Israel

Laetitia Beck will represent Israel next month in Brazil. Beck is the first Israeli golfer on the LPGA Tour who was a rookie in 2015. She posted her best career finishes in May when she finished T-15 and T-18 in back-to-back weeks but has since missed the last six cuts on Tour.

Italy

Italy’s Giulia Molinaro and Giulia Sergas will represent their home country this summer in Rio. Molinaro is a member of the LPGA Tour and former member of the Epson Tour. She posted a season best T-8 finish at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in June. Sergas has played on both the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour, including a season best T-33 finish at the Cambia Portland Classic in June.

Japan

Haru Nomura and Shiho Oyama will represent Japan this August in Rio. Nomura is a two-time winner in 2016 on the LPGA Tour, having won in Australia and San Francisco. Oyama turned professional in 2000 and topped the JLPGA money list in 2006.

Republic of Korea

The Republic of Korea is the only country represented in the games by four players. Inbee Park, Sei Young Kim, Amy Yang and In Gee Chun will play on behalf of their home country in Rio. Park has struggled in recent months with an ongoing thumb injury that forced her to withdraw from multiple events. She last played on Tour in June at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship where she was defending her title for a third consecutive year and missed the cut, but completed qualification for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame. Kim is a five-time winner on the LPGA Tour who captured Rookie of the Year Honors in 2015 when she won three times. Yang is a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour who has six top-10 finishes in 2016. Chun captured the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open and earned membership on Tour for this season in which she has posted six top-10s in her rookie season. She missed her first cut as a member in her last event where she was defending champion, the U.S. Women’s Open.

Malaysia

Kelly Tan and Michelle Koh will represent Malaysia in Rio. Tan is a 2014 rookie on the LPGA Tour who posted a T-16 performance at the Coates Golf Championship for her best finish of 2016. Koh turned professional in 2014 and won the CTBC Shanghai Ladies Classic on the China LPGA in 2015.

Mexico

The LPGA Tour’s Gaby Lopez and Alejandra Llaneza represent Mexico this summer at the Olympic games. Lopez is a 2016 rookie on Tour who finished a season best T-11 at the U.S. Women’s Open and LPGA Volvik Championship. Lalaneza is a 2013 rookie who has yet to finish in the top-10 this season on Tour.

Morocco

Maha Haddioui will represent Morocco this August in Rio. Haddioui is a member of the Ladies European Tour who turned professional in 2011. She attended Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., where she was a two-time All SCC Tournament pick.

Norway

Both proven winners, multiple times over, Suzann Pettersen and Marianne Skarpnord will represent Norway in August. Suzann is a 15-time winner on the LPGA Tour including two major championships. Skarpnord is a four-time winner on the Ladies European Tour who turned professional in 2004.

New Zealand

World No.1 Lydia Ko will be the solo representative for her home country of New Zealand at the Olympic Games in Rio. Ko is a 14-time winner on the LPGA Tour, including four victories alone in 2016. 

Paraguay

Julieta Granada will not only represent her home country of Paraguay in Rio but has also earned the honor of carrying the flag for her country at the opening ceremonies. Granada is a 2006 rookie who won her first title on Tour that same year. She posted a season best T-38 at the HSBC Women’s Champions early in 2016.

Russia

Maria Verchenova will represent Russia this summer in Rio. Verchenova is a member of the Ladies European Tour who turned professional in 2006 and still in search of her first win on Tour.

South Africa

Paula Reto and Ashleigh Simon will compete on behalf of South Africa in Rio. Reto was a 2014 rookie on the LPGA Tour who posted two top-10s so far this season. Simon replaced the LPGA Tour’s Lee-Anne Pace who announced she would not be competing in the games. Simon is a two-time winner on the Ladies European Tour.

Spain

The LPGA Tour’s Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz will represent Spain this summer in Rio. Ciganda has played well this season, posting two top-10 finishes including a runner-up finish to Sei Young Kim to whom she lost in a playoff at the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give. Munoz has three top-10s in 2016 and became a first time winner on Tour in 2012 when she won the Sybase Match Play.

Switzerland

Albane Valenzuela and Fabienne In-Albon will represent Switzerland in Brazil. Valenzuela is the top-ranked amateur in her home country and one of the few amateurs competing in Rio. She has played in two of the LPGA Tour’s major championships in 2016, including the ANA Inspiration where she took home low amateur honors with her 65^th place finish and finished T-67 at the U.S. Women’s Open. In-Albon is a member of the Ladies European Tour who won the 2013 Azores Ladies Open.

Sweden

Anna Nordqvist and Pernilla Lindberg of the LPGA Tour will represent Sweden this summer in Rio. Nordqvist is a six-time winner on Tour and major champion who lost in a playoff most recently at the U.S. Women’s Open. Lindberg is still in search of her first win on Tour and has just one top-10 so far in 2016.

Thailand

Thailand is represented by Ariya Jutanugarn and Pornanong Phatlum this summer in Brazil. Jutanugarn has played some of the best golf of her career in 2016, winning three times on the LPGA Tour this season. Phatlum has yet to win but posted three top-5 finishes so far in 2016.

U.S.A.

Behind the Republic of Korea, the United States of America is the only team with three players competing in Rio. Lexi Thompson, Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller will represent the U.S. in Brazil. Thompson is a seven-time winner on Tour and major champion who won earlier this season at the Honda LPGA Thailand and posted an additional seven top-10s in 2016. Lewis is an 11-time winner on Tour, including a two-time major champion, who has played well in recent weeks having not finished outside the top-7 in her last three starts. Piller played her way into the top-15 in the Rolex Rankings to earn the third position on Team U.S.A. Piller is still in search of her first win on Tour but has come close this season with eight top-10s in 2016.