. Jon Rahm and David Puig occupy, based on the Olympic ranking from mid-March, the two places allocated to Spain in the men's category.

. Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Muñoz continue to have the best chances of representing Spain in the women's category.

David Puig's good results in recent weeks have helped the Barcelona golfer provisionally occupy one of the two places allocated to Spain in the men's category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

David Puig, a player on the LIV Golf Tour – whose events do not count towards the World or Olympic Rankings – has climbed in the rankings thanks to his excellent performance in three Asian Tour events that did count towards the Olympic Ranking: victory in the Malaysian Open in mid-February, tenth place in the International Series Oman at the end of February and second place in the International Series Macau in mid-March.

This outstanding performance has allowed David Puig to overtake Nacho Elvira, Adrián Otaegui, Jorge Campillo and Pablo Larrazábal in the Olympic Ranking since February 12, becoming the second Spaniard in the provisional list headed by Jon Rahm among Spanish golfers. 

Remember that the Olympic golf qualification period runs from June 13, 2022 to June 17, 2024 – for the men's category – and from June 20, 2022 to June 24, 2024, for the women's category.

Four Spanish representatives yet to be determined

Based on the criteria established in the Olympic Ranking – which in turn depend directly on the World Ranking – Spain currently has four places in the Olympic golf tournament, two in each of the categories. 

Jon Rahm and David Puig, currently ranked 3rd and 105th in the World Ranking, would be the Spanish representatives in Paris, although the second place remains very competitive due to the competition established by other possible candidates: Pablo Larrazábal (ranked 112th in the World Ranking today), Jorge Campillo (ranked 114th), Adrián Otaegui (ranked 123rd) and, further behind, Nacho Elvira (ranked 197th) and Alejandro del Rey (ranked 274th).

In the women's category, the positions are more defined, with Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Muñoz, for the third consecutive time after Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020, once again having the best chances of representing Spain. The Navarrese and Malaga natives occupy positions 30 and 84 in the World Ranking this week, respectively, followed by Ana Peláez (117th), Nuria Iturrioz (172nd), and Carmen Alonso (265th).

Sixty golfers in each category based on the Olympic Ranking

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.

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.