Two Taiwanese have secured slots in the women’s golf event at the Paris Olympics following the latest world rankings issued on Tuesday.
Chien Pei-yun, who is to make her first Olympic appearance, and Hsu Wei-ling, who is to play in her second Olympics, were ranked No. 88 and No. 161 respectively on Monday.
The qualification period for the women’s event ended on Tuesday.
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Top 15 players in the global rankings are automatically granted a spot in Paris, with no more than four from the same country allowed.
Players ranked outside the top 15 are selected in order of their ranking, but no more than two players per country can be selected — including those already chosen in the top 15.
The process continues until 60 players have been chosen.
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Hsu earned a spot despite being ranking 161st, as 46 South Koreans, 33 Japanese and 22 US players were ranked above her. With only eight players from those three countries able to qualify, there were plenty of openings for lower-ranked golfers.
Hsu, who finished 15th at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, said that the greens on French golf courses are known to be challenging, but “of course I want to do better than I did in Tokyo, [because] all players want to stand on the podium when we compete.”
In the men’s event, C.T. Pan and Yu Chun-an are to represent Taiwan.
Pan’s bronze in Tokyo was Taiwan’s first Olympic medal in the sport.
Yu was ranked 108th in the world on Monday last week — the men’s cutoff date — while Pan was ranked 140th.
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