Korda sisters headline 60-player Olympic women's golf field

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Nelly Korda’s first major victory Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship not only moved the American to No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings but also atop the final Olympic rankings, jumping South Koreans Jin Young Ko and Inbee Park.

Korda will represent the U.S. at the Aug. 4-7 competition at Kasumigaseki Country Club near Tokyo, where she’ll be joined by fellow American Olympians Danielle Kang, Lexi Thompson and sister Jessica Korda.

South Korea also qualified the maximum number of players – teams are allowed up to two players unless more players are ranked inside the top 15 of the Rolex Rankings; then teams are allowed up to four representatives. Ko, Park, Sei Young Kim and Hyo-Joo Kim make up the South Korean team.

U.S. will need A-game to top South Korea in Tokyo

The Kordas will follow in the footsteps of their mother, Regina, who was a member of the Czechoslovakian women’s tennis team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Of course, the Korda sisters could also be joined by their younger brother, Sebastian, in Tokyo this year. Sebastian Korda is the 50^th-ranked player in the ATP rankings and with one American tennis player (John Isner) already officially out, Korda is in line to qualify, as well.

According to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, it will be the fifth time that three U.S. siblings have competed in the same Olympics but the first time that an American brother and sister have competed in different sports in the same Olympics.

There was only one withdrawal on the women’s side: South Africa’s Lee-Anne Pace dropped out and was replaced by Morocco’s Maha Haddioui.

Here is a look at the 60-player field:

1. Nelly Korda, USA
2. Jin Young Ko, KOR
3. In Bee Park, KOR
4. Sei Young Kim, KOR
5. Danielle Kang, USA
6. Hyo-Joo Kim, KOR
7. Brooke M. Henderson, CAN
8. Yuka Saso, PHI
9. Lexi Thompson, USA
10. Lydia Ko, NZL
11. Nasa Hataoka, JPN
12. Patty Tavatanakit, THA
13. Jessica Korda, USA
14. Minjee Lee, AUS
15. Hannah Green, AUS
16. Shanshan Feng, CHN
17. Ariya Jutanugarn, THA
18. Sophia Popov, GER
19. Mone Inami, JPN
20. Carlota Ciganda, ESP
21. Melissa Reid, GBR
22. Anna Nordqvist, SWE
23. Georgia Hall, GBR
24. Nanna Koerstz Madsen, DEN
25. Celine Boutier, FRA
26. Leona Maguire, IRL
27. Xiyu Lin, CHN
28. Gaby Lopez, MEX
29. Caroline Masson, GER
30. Emily Kristine Pedersen, DEN
31. Madelene Sagstrom, SWE
32. Matilda Castren, FIN
33. Ashleigh Buhai, RSA
34. Wei-Ling Hsu, TPE
35. Azahara Munoz, ESP
36. Giulia Molinaro, ITA
37. Perrine Delacour, FRA
38. Stephanie Meadow, IRL
39. Min Lee, TPE
40. Anne van Dam, NED
41. Alena Sharp, CAN
42. Kelly Tan, MAS
43. Albane Valenzuela, SUI
44. Bianca Pagdanganan, PHI
45. Aditi Ashok, IND
46. Maria Fassi, MEX
47. Maria Fernanda Torres, PUR
48. Tiffany Chan, HKG
49. Sanna Nuutinen, FIN
50. Marianne Skarpnord, NOR
51. Klara Spilkova, CZE
52. Manon De Roey, BEL
53. Christine Wolf, AUT
54. Pia Babnik, SLO
55. Mariajo Uribe, COL
56. Daniela Darquea, ECU
57. Morgane Metraux, SUI
58. Magdalena Simmermacher, ARG
59. Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso, ITA
60. Maha Haddioui, MAR

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Korda sisters headline 60-player Olympic women’s golf field