Tokyo 2020 Golf Olympics: How the teams are shaping up

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, golf returned to the quadrennial games for the first time in 112 years. There was a host of first-class talent set to battle it out for the Gold, but due to a break out of the Zika virus and some scheduling issues, some of the biggest names in golf were forced to withdraw.

For some, the chance to represent their country was too big an opportunity to pass and we still witnessed an epic final between Team Great Britain's Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson, representing Sweden.

Rose beat the 'Iceman' to win a Gold Medal, something he believes is still the biggest highlight of his career and considering he won the US Open in 2013, it goes to show just how much it meant to the Englishman.

In 2020, the Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan, and this time there should be no issues that stop the world's elite from competing. Multiple players have already expressed how much they want to represent their country next year, including Rose, Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey and Tiger Woods.

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McIlroy was under scrutiny three years ago in the build up to the Rio Olympics, as being from Northern Ireland, he can represent either Ireland or Great Britain. Unfortunately, McIlroy was one of the players who pulled out of the Games, but he recently confirmed he will be a part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and will be representing Ireland.

So with Tokyo 2020 just around the corner, let's take a look at how the qualification system works and going by the current world rankings, who will qualify.

Below is the qualification system from the International Golf Federation:

The Olympic field is restricted to 60 players for each of the men’s and women’s competitions. The IGF will utilise the official world golf rankings to create the Olympic Golf Rankings as a method of determining eligibility. The top-15 world-ranked players will be eligible for the Olympics, with a limit of four players from a given country. Beyond the top-15, players will be eligible based on the world rankings, with a maximum of two eligible players from each country that does not already have two or more players among the top-15.

Players have until the 22 June 2020 to gain as many ranking points as possible, but let's take a look at the 60 players that would currently take part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

1	USA	Brooks Koepka
2	IRL	Rory McIlroy
3	USA	Dustin Johnson
4	USA	Justin Thomas
5	ESP	Jon Rahm
6	USA	Patrick Cantlay
7	GBR	Justin Rose
8	ITA	Francesco Molinari
9	GBR	Paul Casey
10	AUS	Adam Scott
11	IRL	Shane Lowry
12	AUT	Bernd Wiesberger
13	RSA	Louis Oosthuizen
14	AUS	Marc Leishman
15	JPN	Hideki Matsuyama
16	ESP	Sergio Garcia
17	SWE	Henrik Stenson
18	MEX	Abraham Ancer
19	CAN	Adam Hadwin
20	KOR	Sungjae Im
21	KOR	Byeong Hun An
22	JPN	Shugo Imahira
23	CHI	Joaquin Niemann
24	SWE	Alex Noren
25	CHN	Haotong Li
26	RSA	Erik van Rooyen
27	TPE	C.T. Pan
28	THA	Jazz Janewattananond
29	DEN	Lucas Bjerregaard
30	ITA	Andrea Pavan
31	CAN	Corey Conners
32	SVK	Rory Sabbatini
33	FRA	Victor Perez
34	THA	Kiradech Aphibarnrat
35	DEN	Thorbjørn Olesen
36	ARG	Emiliano Grillo
37	BEL	Thomas Pieters
38	NED	Joost Luiten
39	NOR	Viktor Hovland
40	FRA	Michael Lorenzo-Vera
41	NZL	Danny Lee
42	GER	Martin Kaymer
43	COL	Sebastián Muñoz
44	FIN	Mikko Korhonen
45	CHN	Xinjun Zhang
46	AUT	Matthias Schwab
47	NZL	Ryan Fox
48	VEN	Jhonattan Vegas
49	ZIM	Scott Vincent
50	NOR	Kristoffer Ventura
51	BEL	Thomas Detry
52	NED	Darius Van Driel
53	MEX	Carlos Ortiz
54	FIN	Kalle Samooja
55	MAS	Gavin Kyle Green
56	IND	Rashid Khan
57	POL	Adrian Meronk
58	POR	Ricardo Santos
59	ARG	Fabián Gómez
60	PHI	Miguel Tabuena