World ranking points up for grabs in Solaire Open

Participants of the 2nd Solaire Open can get a chance to play
in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in Brazil. JON PEREZ
World ranking points are also at stake in the second edition of the 2014 Solaire Open, which will be the basis of qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

The Solaire Open began on Thursday at The Country Club in Barangay Canlubang in Calamba City, Laguna with Lin Wen-tang of Chinese Taipei defending his title against 154 other pros in the Asian Tour-backed tournament.

The Solaire Open is the first tournament in the local Philippine Golf Tour and the third event on the Asian Tour.

Asian Tour Chairman Kyi Hla Han said only the world’s top 60 players in the men’s and women’s divisions will earn qualifying berths in the 2016 Olympics.

The Asian Tour is an International Federation of Professional Golf Tours member along with the Japan Golf Tour Organization, the Professional Golfers Association of South Africa, the European Tour, and the Professional Golfers Association of America.

Han said golf at the Olympics will follow a 72-hole individual stroke play with the official rules of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the United States Golf Association will be in place. Tie breakers, if needed, for the medal positions will be decided by a three-hole playoff.

“Individual stroke play and world ranking points will determine who plays in the 2016 Olympics. It will be an individual event, so golfers will play for their flag and country. The more tournaments you play, the better your chances of clinching a berth in the Olympics,” said Han.

Tiger Woods is the current world number one with Australian Adam Scott, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, Jason Day, Phil Mickelson, and Great Britain’s Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose placing third to seventh.

Americans Dustin Johnson and Zach Johnson, and Spaniard Sergio Garcia complete the top 10 world rankings.

Golf will be played again in the 2016 Olympics for more than a century since the 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis, Missouri. Brazil is building a new golf course at the Reserva de Marapendi in the Barra da Tijuca zone.

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