Top global golfers will aim for gold with the start of Olympic men's and women's golf competition, and just over half the field is comprised of former NCAA student-athletes.
Thirty-one of the men's competitors and 30 of the women in Tokyo once competed at the NCAA level. This group includes all four United States representatives on the men's side and one of the four U.S. women.
The four-round Olympic men's golf tournament runs Thursday, July 29 to Sunday, Aug. 1 in local time. The women's rounds are the following week, Wednesday, Aug. 4 through Saturday, Aug. 7. You can find the full Olympic golf schedule here.
MEDAL TRACKER: Here are all the current and former NCAA student-athletes who've won medals
Here are all the men's golfers in this year's Olympic field who once played at an NCAA program:
| GOLFER | COLLEGE | OLYMPIC NATION |
|---|---|---|
| Matthias Schwab | Vanderbilt | Austria |
| Sepp Straka | Georgia | Austria |
| Thomas Detry | Illinois | Belgium |
| Thomas Pieters | Illinois | Belgium |
| Corey Conners | Kent State | Canada |
| Mackenzie Hughes | Kent State | Canada |
| Mito Pereira | Texas Tech | Chile |
| Carl Yuan | Washington | China |
| C.T. Pan | Washington | Chinese Taipei |
| Sebastian Munoz | North Texas | Colombia |
| Antoine Rozner | Missouri-Kansas City | France |
| Maximilian Kieffer | Florida | Germany |
| Hurly Long | Oregon; Texas Tech | Germany |
| Paul Casey | Arizona State | Great Britain |
| Gavin Kyle Green | New Mexico | Malaysia |
| Abraham Ancer | Oklahoma | Mexico |
| Carlos Ortiz | North Texas | Mexico |
| Viktor Hovland | Oklahoma State | Norway |
| Adrian Meronk | East Tennessee State | Poland |
| Rafael Campos | VCU | Puerto Rico |
| Rory Sabbatini | Arizona | Slovakia |
| Garrick Higgo | UNLV | South Africa |
| Adri Arnaus | Texas A&M | Spain |
| Alex Noren | Oklahoma State | Sweden |
| Henrik Norlander | Augusta State | Sweden |
| Justin Thomas | Alabama | United States |
| Collin Morikawa | Cal | United States |
| Xander Schauffele | Long Beach State; San Diego State | United States |
| Patrick Reed | Georgia; Augusta State | United States |
| Jhonattan Vegas | Texas | Venezuela |
| Scott Vincent | Virginia Tech | Zimbabwe |
Below are all the Olympic women's golfers who competed in college:
| GOLFER | COLLEGE | OLYMPIC NATION |
|---|---|---|
| Magdalena Simmermacher | Old Dominion | Argentina |
| Christine Wolf | Chattanooga | Austria |
| Manon De Roey | New Mexico | Belgium |
| Alena Sharp | New Mexico | Canada |
| Mariajo Uribe | UCLA | Colombia |
| Nanna Koerstz Madsen | South Carolina | Denmark |
| Daniela Darquea | Miami (Fla.) | Ecuador |
| Matilda Castrren | Florida State | Finland |
| Sanna Nuutinen | TCU | Finland |
| Celine Boutier | Duke | France |
| Sophia Popov | Southern California | Germany |
| Caroline Masson | Oklahoma State | Germany |
| Jodi Ewart Shadoff | New Mexico | Great Britain |
| Tiffany Chan | Southern California | Hong Kong |
| Leona Maguire | Duke | Ireland |
| Stephanie Meadow | Alabama | Ireland |
| Giulia Molinaro | Arizona State | Italy |
| Gaby Lopez | Arkansas | Mexico |
| Maria Fassi | Arkansas | Mexico |
| Maha Haddioui | Lynn (DII) | Morocco |
| Tonje Daffinrud | Denver | Norway |
| Bianca Pagdanganan | Gonzaga; Arizona | Philippines |
| Maria Fernanda Torres | Florida | Puerto Rico |
| Carlota Ciganda | Arizona State | Spain |
| Azahara Munoz | Arizona State | Spain |
| Albane Valenzuela | Stanford | Switzerland |
| Anna Nordqvist | Arizona State | Sweden |
| Madelene Sagstrom | LSU | Sweden |
| Patty Tavatanakit | UCLA | Thailand |
| Danielle Kang | Pepperdine | United States |
