It’s British Open week, and this time next year at the start of the major tournament, we will know the qualifiers for the first Olympic golf fields since 1904.
The Rio 2016 golf fields -- 60 men and 60 women -- will come from the world golf rankings on July 11, 2016. The world golf rankings are made up of results from the previous two years of tournaments.
Therefore, half of the Olympic golf qualifying tournaments have already been played going into the 2015 British Open.
Who would make the 2016 Olympic golf fields based on the current world rankings? Scroll down.
Some notables are the oldest man -- three-time major champion Vijay Singh, of Fiji, who is 52 -- and the lowest-ranked man, Chilean Mark Tullo, ranked No. 321 overall.
Who wouldn’t make it? Billy Horschel (No. 11 among Americans), Phil Mickelson (No. 12 among Americans) and Tiger Woods (No. 84 among Americans) are not even close. A nation can’t have more than four men or women in the Olympic golf field (and no more than two if at least one of them is outside the top 15 in the world rankings).
If Horschel or Mickelson were from any country other than the U.S. or Australia, they would make the Olympic field if based on today’s rankings.
If Woods could pick any country not already qualified to represent, he would rank in at No. 55 in the field of 60, still making the field, barely, despite his recent rankings free fall.
On the women’s side, Michelle Wie would be the top American not to qualify, at No. 17 overall and fifth among Americans. If Wie represented any country other than the U.S. or South Korea, she would make it.
Seven-time major champion Juli Inkster, who is 55 years old and ranked No. 110, would slot in at No. 37 in the field of 60 if she represented a not-already-qualified nation.
Cheyenne Woods, who is Tiger Woods’ niece, is ranked 40th among Americans and No. 279 overall. She appears to have little chance of making the Olympics, but if she was representing a not-already-qualified nation, she would fit in the women’s field of 60 at No. 48 (higher than her uncle in the men’s field).
Then there’s former No. 1 Lorena Ochoa of Mexico. Ochoa retired five years ago but is still just 33 years old. She has said she is not tempted to come back for golf’s return to the Olympics, but if she reconsidered, her path to Rio de Janeiro would not be that difficult. Ochoa would only have to be ranked No. 414 to make the Olympic golf field if it was chosen based off today’s rankings.
Men
1. Rory McIlroy (IRL -- 1)
2. Jordan Speith (USA -- 1)
3. Bubba Watson (USA -- 2)
4. Dustin Johnson (USA -- 3)
5. Rickie Fowler (USA -- 4)
6. Henrik Stenson (SWE -- 1)
7. Justin Rose (GBR -- 1)
8. Jason Day (AUS -- 1)
9. Sergio Garcia (ESP -- 1)
10. Adam Scott (AUS -- 2)
11. Hideki Matsuyama (JPN -- 1)
12. Louis Oosthuizen (RSA -- 1)
13. Martin Kaymer (GER -- 1)
14. Bernd Wiesberger (AUT -- 1)
15. Paul Casey (GBR -- 2)
16. Branden Grace (RSA -- 2)
17. Thongchai Jaidee (THA -- 1)
18. Victor Dubuisson (FRA -- 1)
19. Francesco Molinari (ITA -- 1)
20. Shane Lowry (IRL -- 2)
21. Joost Luiten (NED -- 1)
22. Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP -- 2)
23. Byeong Hun An (KOR -- 1)
24. Anirban Lahiri (IND -- 1)
25. Alexander Levy (FRA -- 2)
26. David Lingmerth (SWE -- 2)
27. Danny Lee (NZL -- 1)
28. Soren Kjeldsen (DEN -- 1)
29. Graham Delaet (CAN -- 1)
30. Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA -- 2)
31. Hiroshi Iwata (JPN -- 2)
32. Marcel Siem (GER -- 2)
33. Thomas Bjorn (DEN -- 2)
34. Emiliano Grillo (ARG -- 1)
35. Mikko Ilonen (FIN -- 1)
36. Sangmoon Bae (KOR -- 2)
37. Brendon de Jonge (ZIM -- 1)
38. David Hearn (CAN -- 2)
39. Angel Cabrera (ARG -- 2)
40. Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR -- 1)
41. Li Haotong (CHN -- 1)
42. Carlos Ortiz (MEX -- 1)
43. Wu Ashun (CHN -- 2)
44. Ricardo Gouveia (POR -- 1)
45. Camilo Villegas (COL -- 1)
46. S.S.P Chawrasia (IND -- 2)
47. Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL -- 1)
48. Edoardo Molinari (ITA -- 2)
49. Vijay Singh (FIJ -- 1)
50. Ryan Fox (NZL -- 2)
51. Angelo Que (PHI -- 1)
52. Felipe Aguilar (CHI -- 1)
53. Thomas Pieters (BEL -- 1)
54. Mardan Mamat (SIN -- 1)
55. Antonio Lascuna (PHI -- 2)
56. Chan Shih-chang (TPE -- 1)
57. Jhonattan Vegas (VEN -- 1)
58. Adilson da Silva (BRA -- 1) *Brazil automatically gets one golfer in the field
59. Siddikur Rahman (BAN -- 1)
60. Mark Tullo (CHI -- 2) -- *No. 321 overall.
Women
1. Inbee Park (KOR -- 1)
2. Lydia Ko (NZL -- 1)
3. Stacy Lewis (USA -- 1)
4. Hyo-Joo Kim (KOR -- 2)
5. Suzann Pettersen (NOR -- 1)
6. So Yeon Ryu (KOR -- 3)
7. Shanshan Fang (CHN -- 1)
8. Anna Nordqvist (SWE -- 1)
9. Amy Yang (KOR -- 4)
10. Brittany Lincicome (USA -- 2)
11. Lexi Thompson (USA -- 4)
12. Cristie Kerr (USA -- 3)
13. Minjee Lee (AUS -- 1)
14. Karrie Webb (AUS -- 2)
15. Azahara Munoz (ESP -- 1)
16. Teresa Lu (TPE -- 1)
17. Brooke Henderson (CAN -- 1)
18. Pornanong Phatlum (THA -- 1)
19. Julieta Granada (PAR -- 1)
20. Shiho Oyama (JPN -- 1)
21. Sandra Gal (GER -- 1)
22. Catriona Matthew (GBR -- 1)
23. Carlota Ciganda (ESP -- 2)
24. Momoko Ueda (JPN -- 2)
25. Charley Hull (GBR -- 2)
26. Ariya Jutanugarn (THA -- 2)
27. Karine Ircher (FRA -- 1)
28. Lee-Anne Pace (RSA -- 1)
29. Mariajo Uribe (COL -- 1)
30. Caroline Masson (GER -- 2)
31. Gwladys Nocera (FRA -- 2)
32. Pernilla Lindberg (SWE -- 2)
33. Christel Boeljon (NED -- 1)
34. Yani Tseng (TPE -- 2)
35. Xiyu Lin (CHN -- 2)
36. Line Vedel Hansen (DEN -- 1)
37. Stephanie Meadow (IRL -- 1)
38. Marianne Skarpnord (NOR -- 2)
39. Paula Reto (RSA -- 2)
40. Kelly Tan (MAS -- 1)
41. Nicole Larsen (DEN -- 2)
42. Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED -- 2)
43. Alena Sharp (CAN -- 2)
44. Ursula Wikstrom (FIN -- 1)
45. Fabienne In-Albon (SUI -- 1)
46. Klara Splikova (CZE -- 1)
47. Giulia Sergas (ITA -- 1)
48. Diana Luna (ITA -- 2)
49. Alejandra Llaneza (MEX -- 1)
50. Christine Wolf (AUT -- 1)
51. Maria Balikoeva (RUS -- 1)
52. Noora Tamminen (FIN -- 2)
53. Paz Echeverria (CHI -- 1)
54. Michelle Koh (MAS -- 2)
55. Leona Maguire (IRL -- 2)
56. Jennifer Rosales (PHI -- 1)
57. Lisa McCloskey (COL -- 1)
58. Chloe Leurquin (BEL -- 1)
59. Laetitia Beck (ISR -- 1) *No. 414 overall
60. Victoria Lovelady (BRA -- 1) *No. 649 overall; Brazil is guaranteed one automatic spot.