Dutch Olympic officials will deny golfers from men's competition in Paris

FILE - Netherlands Darius van Driel watches his approach shot into the 18th green during his match at the World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Dutch officials are not sending Van Driel to the Olympics because they feel his world ranking is too low to have a chance. FILE - Joost Luiten of Netherlands plays his second shot on the first hole during the second round of the Dubai Invitational golf tournament, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Jan.

The decision means Joost Luiten and Darius Van Driel will not be going to Paris. It’s the second straight Olympics that Dutch officials have kept golfers home for not being ranked among the top 100 in the world. For the Tokyo Games, the Netherlands had set a standard of players being among the top 100 in the world or the top 36 in the Olympic ranking for them to compete. Luiten was No. 177 and Wil Besseling was No. 221 when qualifying ended.Anne Van Dam, who is No. 108 in the women’s world ranking and No. 34 in the Olympic ranking, will be the only Dutch golfer. The Netherlands Olympic Committee will not be sending Dewi Weber, who is No. 302 in the world.

Besseling, in an interview two summers ago at the U.S. Open where he tied for 56th at The Country Club, had hoped Dutch officials would change the criteria. He said it was a “stupid rule to make.” Seven players ranked outside the top 100 in the world have won PGA Tour events that offered full FedEx Cup points this year. That list includes Nick Dunlap, who was an amateur still in college when he won The American Express against a field that included Scottie Scheffler.

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