Golf returns to the Olympics in 2016, its first time as an event in the five-ring circus since the St. Louis Games of 1904. So there are rules in place about how golfers will get to the Rio Games. Biggest question: Who makes up the field? And don't think drug testing isn't a large consideration.
A year from now, players interested in taking part in Olympic competition must be as focused on pee and cup as tee and cup.
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There will be men's and women's play in Brazil, with 60 players in each competition. And all 120 players must submit to random drug tests beginning May 6, 2016.
That's the word for PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, who also said this week the men under his purview can expect drug testing to remain part of the regimen.
Each Olympic nation can have up to four men and four women in competition. The 60-player fields will include at least one man and one woman from Brazil. Each of the five Olympic continents will have at least one representative, male and female. Those regions are Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
World golf rankings will provide the starting point for the field of players, with the top 15 as of July 11, 2016, automatically eligible for the Rio Games, which are Aug. 5-21. The field will change weekly until the start of play in Brazil.
Consider the world rankings as of Feb. 2.
There were six American men in the top 15 — No. 3 Bubba Watson, No. 7 Jim Furyk, No. 9 Jordan Spieth, No. 10 Matt Kuchar, No. 12 Rickie Fowler and No. 13 Jimmy Walker. Sorry, Fowler and Walker would be left at home were the field to be set this week.
The rest of the top 15 men on Feb. 2 were No. 1 Rory McIlroy, No. 2 Henrik Stenson, No. 4 Adam Scott, No. 6 Sergio Garcia, No. 8 Jason Day, No. 11 Martin Kaymer, No. 14 Hideki Matsuyama and No. 15 Victor Dubuisson.
Day and Scott are from Australia, so two other Aussies would automatically qualify in Rio. Current rankings would see Marc Leishman and John Senden eligible.
Check the full men's rankings here.
As of Feb. 2, four U.S. women would make the field at Rio: Stacy Lewis, Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson and Cristie Kerr.
Check the full women's rankings here.
All competitors must adhere to drug testing standards developed by the International Golf Federation and the World Anti-Doping Agency.
"We didn't go to drug testing simply because of the Olympics," Finchem told the Associated Press. "And we didn't go to drug testing because we felt we had a PED problem. We went to drug testing because the perception across the board in sports is that athletes dope. We even had questions raised about our sport. We felt that the image of our sport and our athletes is the No. 1 asset by a big margin. And in our defense we want to be able to demonstrate that our players don't PED use."
Not that golf has a problem with performance-enhancing drugs. Two golfers have been caught since the PGA began testing in 2008. Both were on the Web.com Tour, essentially the PGA Tour's minor league.