The 7 LIV Golfers Qualified For The Olympics

Many of the world’s best players are in the men’s golf field for the Olympics in Paris, with the competition taking place at Le Golf National between 1 and 4 August.

In total, eight of the world’s top 10 will compete in the Games, including two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy. Despite ongoing difficulties in accumulating world ranking points, there are still seven LIV Golf stars from four nationalities in the 60-player field, too.

Here are the players from the circuit who have confirmed their places at the Games, and how they got there.

Joaquin Niemann - Chile

The Torque GC captain is having the best year of his career, with two LIV Golf wins, appearances in three of the year's four Majors, and now a slot at the Olympics thanks to his status as the highest-ranked Chilean. 

That’s been helped by some excellent performances in world ranking events, including victory at the Australian Open last December.

Niemann also played at the 2020 Olympics, where he finished T10 and he'll be looking to claim a medal this time.

Mito Pereira - Chile

Chile is one of three countries represented solely by LIV golfers in the men’s field after the relatively late addition of Pereira when original qualifier Cristobal Del Solar decided not to compete.

Niemann's fellow Torque GC player showed some of his best form after joining LIV Golf in 2023, with six top-10 finishes in his first season, including runner-up at its Greenbrier event. However, it has been more difficult for Pereira in 2024, with just one top-10 finish so far - eighth at LIV Golf Adelaide. 

On his day, Pereira can compete with the best, as he showed with a T3 at the 2022 PGA Championship, albeit when he ought to have won the Major but for a final-hole disaster. 

Pereira missed out in a playoff for bronze in the 2020 Games, and he'll be hoping the trip to Paris gives him the jolt he needs to recover his best form and take that into the rest of the LIV Golf season.

Abraham Ancer – Mexico

Abraham Ancer was 20th in the world rankings when the qualification process began on 17 June 2022. However, since moving to LIV Golf, he has slipped to 345th, but it’s still enough for him to make the team.

This will be Ancer's second Olympics appearance after he played in the 2020 Games in Tokyo, where he finished T14 with Viktor Hovland.

He heads into the 2024 Games during a spell of excellent form that included four top-10 finishes in the opening eight events of the LIV Golf season. One of those was his maiden LIV Golf win, in Hong Kong.

Carlos Ortiz – Mexico

The third Torque GC player heading to the Games is Carlos Ortiz. Like fellow Mexican Ancer, he also has recent success under his belt, with victory at LIV Golf Houston.

Away from the circuit, Ortiz has been keen to play world ranking events, which included victory at the 2023 V Copa Prissa on the Gira De Golf Professional Mexicana, which moved him 11 places up the rankings. He followed that up with a win in the International Series Oman and a T10 at the International Series Macau to ensure he’s high enough, in 240th, to book his spot.

This will be his second appearance at the Games, after finishing T42 in 2020.

Adrian Meronk – Poland

Poland is not known for producing large numbers of men’s professional golfers, so Meronk’s place was never seriously in doubt. That's despite his world ranking having fallen since joining LIV Golf earlier in the year and the fact Poland is one of the few competing nations with only one men’s place.

The World No.75 has four top-10 finishes with LIV Golf, including runner-up in Houston, but away from the League he has struggled so far in 2024, with successive missed cuts at the first three Majors followed by a T50 at The Open.

He will be looking for an improvement on his performance at the Tokyo Olympics, where he finished T51.

Jon Rahm – Spain

The Spaniard is one of the eight players in the world’s top 10 heading to Paris, where he will make his maiden Olympics appearance.

After the high standards Rahm set in 2023, with his first Masters title among three other victories, it hasn’t gone quite as well for him since the turn of the year, but he still achieved top-10 finishes in each of his first seven LIV Golf starts.

However, he was disappointing at both April’s Masters and May’s PGA Championship, while to compound his frustrations, he had to withdraw from the US Open with a foot injury. He bounced back with T7 at The Open, though, and could be a serious contender for the gold medal.

David Puig – Spain

Among a host of higher-profile LIV Golf players, Puig is rapidly emerging as one of its brightest talents.

The Spaniard finished third at LIV Golf Houston, but he had made a solid impression before that, albeit largely away from the League. Puig has been one of the few LIV Golf stars who has seen his world ranking improve since joining the circuit, helped by two Asian Tour victories and a string of other top-10 finishes to secure his maiden appearance at the Olympics.