Photos: Meet all 60 golfers heading to Tokyo 2020 in pursuit of Olympics gold

Jon Rahm leads the way for Spain ahead of strong Team USA contingent

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Matthew Smith (Sport Editor)
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Spaniard Jon Rahm’s thrilling victory at last weekend’s US Open vaulted him past American Justin Thomas (pictured) and into the top spot in the final Olympic Golf Rankings, which were released on Tuesday. Americans rounded out the top five with Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau expected to represent Team USA this summer in Tokyo. World No. 2 Dustin Johnson had previously said he would not compete in the men’s tournament, which will be held from July 29 to Aug. 1 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club, clearing the way for DeChambeau to take the fourth US spot. No other country has more than two qualifiers in the 60-player field.
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Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, Norway’s Viktor Hovland, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, Great Britain’s Paul Casey and Mexico’s Abraham Ancer are all heading to Tokyo. Rahm’s countryman and Dubai resident Adri Arnaus completes the Spain team. Here is a look at each team, their players and world ranking:
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United States: Justin Thomas - world rank 3, Collin Morikawa 4, Xander Schauffele 5, Bryson DeChambeau 6 (pictured). Electing to skip: Dustin Johnson
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Canada: Corey Conners 36 (pictured), Mackenzie Hughes 63
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Great Britain: Paul Casey 20 (pictured), Tommy Fleetwood 33. Electing to skip: Tyrrell Hatton, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Lee Westwood
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Spain: Jon Rahm 1 (pictured), Adri Arnaus 160. Electing to skip: Sergio Garcia, Rafa Cabrera Bello
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Ireland: Rory McIlroy 10, Shane Lowry 42 (pictured)
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Japan: Hideki Matsuyama 16 (pictured), Rikuya Hoshino 76
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Australia: Cameron Smith 28, Marc Leishman 43 (pictured). Electing to skip: Adam Scott
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Mexico: Abraham Ancer 23 (pictured), Carlos Ortiz 53
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South Korea: Sungjae Im 26, Si Woo Kim 49 (pictured)
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Italy: Guido Migliozzi 72, Francesco Molinari 133 (pictured)
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Norway: Viktor Hovland 14 (pictured), Kristian Johannessen 292
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South Africa: Garrick Higgo 38 (pictured), Christiaan Bezuidenhout 46. Electing to skip: Louis Oosthuizen
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France: Victor Perez 37 (pictured), Antoine Rozner 78
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Chile: Joaquin Niemann 31 (pictured), Mito Pereira 146
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Belgium: Thomas Detry 94 (pictured), Thomas Pieters 107
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Sweden: Alex Noren 95 (pictured), Henrik Norlander 136
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Austria: Matthias Schwab 118 (pictured), Sepp Straka 174. Electing to skip: Bernd Wiesberger
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Finland: Kalle Samooja 117 (pictured), Sami Valimaki 122
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Denmark: Rasmus Hojgaard 121 (pictured), Joachim B Hansen 151
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Argentina: Emiliano Grillo 74 (pictured)
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Colombia: Sebastian Munoz 63. Thailand: Jazz Janewattananond 129 (pictured), Gunn Charoenkul 259
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Venezuela: Jhonattan Vegas 130 (pictured). Slovakia: Rory Sabbatini 167
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New Zealand: Ryan Fox 178 (pictured). Chinese Taipei: CT Pan 181
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Poland: Adrian Meronk 189. Germany: Maximilian Kieffer 193 (pictured), Hurly Long 263. Electing to skip: Martin Kaymer
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Philippines: Juvic Pagunsan 216. Czech Republic: Ondrej Lieser 231. Paraguay: Fabrizio Zanotti 280 (pictured)
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Zimbabwe: Scott Vincent 239. Puerto Rico: Rafael Campos 281. India: Anirban Lahiri 340 (pictured)
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Malaysia: Gavin Kyle Green 286. China: Carl Yuan 291, Ashun Wu 315 (pictured)
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