Park unhappy with Olympic golf criteria

Top women's golfer Inbee Park says it's disappointing the Rio Olympics will not feature all the sport's best players.

Inbee Park, the top-ranked player in women's golf, has criticised the qualifying criteria for next year's Olympic tournament, saying it will rule out too many of the world's top stars.

Sixty players will compete in the men's and women's events in Rio de Janiero and a country is allowed a maximum of four players.

South Korea, where Park is from, has 15 players in the top 28 in the women's rankings.

"If you are in the world's top 50, you should be able to play in the Olympics," Park said on Wednesday.

"There's some countries where players ranked No. 300, 400 will play but obviously not Koreans."

Speaking at the British Open, Park said it was "disappointing" all the sport's best players won't be at the Games.


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