Buhai will be our best medal hope. She played at Rio de Janeiro in 2016 but missed Tokyo. The fields are limited to 60 players each, with two SA men likely qualifying. We had Bezuidenhout and Garrick Higgo in 2021, Brandon Stone and Jaco van Zyl in 2016.
Paris at Ryder Cup venue Le Golf Na- tional in the first two weeks of August. Only one South African has ever won an Olympic medal in golf, and that was Rory Sabbatini, who claimed silver representing Slovakia at the 2021 Games in Tokyo. This year Ashleigh
GOLF’S MAJOR EVENTS IN 2024 APRIL (2) Masters, Augusta National, Georgia, April 11-14 Jon Rahm, 2023 won $3.24 million Chevron Championship, Carlton MAY (2) PGA Championship, Valhalla, Louisville, Kentucky, May 16-19 Brooks Koepka, 2023 $3.15 million US Women’s Open, Lancaster CC, Pennsylvania, May 30-June 2 Allisen Corpuz, 2023 $2 million Woods, Texas, April 18-21 Lilia Vu, 2023 $765 000 JUNE (3) US Open, Pinehurst (No 2), North Carolina, June 13-16 Wyndham Clark, 2023 $3.6 million Women’s PGA Championship, Sahalee, Seattle, June 20-23 Ruoning Yin, 2023 $1.5 million US Senior Open, Newport CC, Rhode Island, June 27-30 Bernhard Langer, 2023 $720 000 JULY (3) The Evian Championship, Evian Resort, France, July 11-14 Celine Boutier, 2023 $1 million Open Championship, Royal Troon, Scotland, July 18-21 Brian Harman, 2023 $3 million The Senior Open, Carnoustie, Scotland, July 25-28 Alex Cejka, 2023 $447 800 AUGUST (3) Men’s Olympic Games, Le Golf National, Paris, August 1-4 Xander Schauffele 2021 Women’s Olympic Games, Le Golf National, Paris, August 8-11 Nelly Korda, 2021 Women’s Open Championship, Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland, August 22-25 Lilia Vu, 2023 $1.35 million SEPTEMBER (2) Solheim Cup, Robert Trent Jones GC, Virginia, September 13-15 Team Europe Presidents Cup, Royal Montreal, Canada, September 26-29 Team USA
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