Golfer Joost Luiten of the Netherlands will not be going to the Olympics in Paris in any case.
Luiten was considered one of 4 Dutch golfers who certified by means of Worldwide Olympic Committee necessities — Darius Van Driel and feminine golfers Anne van Dam and Dewi Weber had been the others. However his nation’s nationwide Olympic committee dominated it was solely sending van Dam to Paris as a result of it stated the others did not have a practical likelihood of ending within the high eight of their respective tournaments.
Luiten, a six-time winner on the DP World Tour, took the Dutch Olympic committee to court docket and received. The Dutch decide ordered Luiten to be included within the 60-man subject that may compete at Le Golf Nationwide outdoors Paris on Aug. 1-4. In a press release Tuesday, nonetheless, the Worldwide Golf Federation stated Luiten’s “unused quota spot had already been reallocated pursuant to the IGF’s printed qualification procedures.”
“The IGF was not a celebration to the authorized motion introduced forth by Luiten within the Netherlands,” the assertion stated. “However, in an effort to help Luiten, the IGF sought an exception from the IOC to extend the sphere measurement of the boys’s Olympic golf competitors from 60 to 61 rivals to incorporate Luiten, nonetheless the request was denied by the IOC immediately.
“The IGF has suggested Luiten of the IOC’s choice, and he has not knowledgeable the IGF whether or not he intends to pursue this matter additional.”
Luiten was ranked No. 147 within the Official World Golf Rating and fortieth within the Olympic rankings on the time of the Dutch committee’s choice. It is the second straight Olympics wherein the nation declined to ship a full allotment of golfers to the competitors due to their world rankings.
On the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Slovakia’s Rory Sabbatini, who was ranked No. 161 on the earth, carded a final-round 61 to seize a silver medal behind gold medalist Xander Schauffele.
Taiwan’s C.T. Pan, who was ranked No. 181 on the earth, survived a seven-man playoff that included Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa to win a bronze medal.
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