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Mike Hall

Dutch Officials Prevent Trio Competing At Olympics Amid Doubts Over Medal Chances

Joost Luiten at the Volvo China Open.

Both the men’s and women’s fields for the Olympics in Paris have been confirmed in recent days, with 60 players in each tournament at Le Golf National having qualified via their respective world rankings.

However, as first reported by Doug Ferguson of AP News, the Netherlands will only be sending one player, LET star Anne van Dam, to the Games, rather than its full contingent of four because officials from the country are not convinced their world rankings, which are all beneath the top 100, are high enough to compete for medals.

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