. Jon Rahm and Pablo Larrazábal currently occupy the first two places allocated to Spain in the men's category.

. Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Muñoz are once again, for the third consecutive time, the best options at the moment to represent Spain in the women's category

The qualification system for participation in the golf discipline at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, established by the International Golf Federation, is entering its final stretch.

As in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020 editions, participation has risen to 60 golfers, both male and female, who will compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals in a 72-hole stroke play competition held over four 18-hole rounds. The men's tournament will take place from August 1st to 4th, while the women's tournament will be held from August 7th to 10th, both at the renowned Golf National, located near Versailles.

These 60 available places in each category are allocated through the so-called Olympic Golf Ranking (OGR) published on the website of the International Golf Federation (IGF), which is based in turn on the World Golf Ranking as follows:

 – The first 15 ranked in the Olympic Golf Ranking, both male and female, as of June 17 (men) and June 24, 2024 (women), qualify directly to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with the exception that there cannot be more than 4 golfers from the same country within that Top 15.

– The remaining places are filled from 16th place onwards, with a maximum of 2 golfers per country for those that do not have more than 2 representatives within the Top 15.
 
 The host country, France, is guaranteed at least one representative in each of the male and female categories if it does not have any entitlement based on its position within the respective Official World Rankings.

Likewise, the presence of at least one representative from each of the five continents of the Olympic Movement (Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania) is guaranteed in both the men's and women's events, if they do not achieve it through the aforementioned Official World Ranking.

 The Olympic golf qualification period runs from June 13, 2022 to June 17, 2024 (men), and from June 20, 2022 to June 24, 2024 (women).

The Olympic Golf Ranking (OGR) is published weekly on the International Golf Federation website., www.internationalgolffederation.org.

Four Spanish representatives yet to be determined

Based on this criterion, Spain currently has four places in the Olympic golf tournament, two in each of the categories. 

Jon Rahm and Pablo Larrazábal currently occupy the first two spots allocated to Spain in the provisional men's participant list. The Basque golfer holds third place in the Olympic Ranking based on his third-place ranking in the World Ranking. 

Meanwhile, Pablo Larrazábal from Barcelona is currently ranked 34th in the Olympic Ranking, in his case as a result of his 104th position in the World Ranking. The following Spanish golfers appear on the list, subject to any changes in position between now and June 17, 2024, are Jorge Campillo (109th in the World Ranking), Adrián Otaegui (118th), Nacho Elvira (240th), David Puig (245th), and Alejandro del Rey (250th).

In the women's category, the positions are more defined, with Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Muñoz once again having the best chances of representing Spain for the third consecutive time. The Navarrese and Malaga natives currently occupy positions 23 and 31, respectively, in the Olympic Ranking based on their 29th and 80th positions in the World Ranking. 

The next players with options at the moment to occupy an Olympic place are Ana Peláez (110th in the World Ranking), Nuria Iturrioz (161) and Carmen Alonso (248).

Golf is back in the Olympic Games

The discipline of golf was present at the Olympic Games in the Paris 1900 and Saint Louis 1904 editions, disappearing from the program in 1908. Its reinstatement became effective on October 9, 2009 when the IOC Selection Committee, meeting that day in its 121st plenary session in Copenhagen, once again included golf in the Olympic Program.

 Officially reinstated at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, England's Justin Rose and South Korea's Inbee Park won the gold medals at stake in a tournament where Spain earned two Olympic diplomas thanks to Rafael Cabrera-Bello (who finished fifth) and Sergio García (eighth). In the women's category, Azahara Muñoz finished twenty-first and Carlota Ciganda thirty-ninth.

Later, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games—held in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic—the victory went to Americans Xander Schauffele and Nelly Korda. Spanish participation resulted in 38th and 59th place finishes for Adri Arnaus and Jorge Campillo in the men's competition, while Carlota Ciganda (29th) and Azahara Muñoz (50th) also finished outside the medal positions. Jon Rahm tested positive for Covid just four days before the start of the competition and was unable to participate.