The system used to set the 60-person Olympic field -- in which the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Rankings get in, with the limitation that no country can send more than four competitors from that top 15 -- will certainly leave some big names on the outside looking in. Once you get past the top 15, no nation can send more than two players.
Here is how the women's Olympic golf field would look if it were determined by the April 26, 2016, world rankings.
1. Lydia Ko, New Zealand
2. Inbee Park, South Korea
3. Lexi Thompson, USA
4. Stacy Lewis, USA
5. Brooke Henderson, Canada
6. In Gee Chun, South Korea
7. Sei Young Kim, South Korea
8. Ha-Na Jang, South Korea
9. Shanshan Feng, China
10. Minjee Lee, Australia
11. Suzann Pettersen, Norway
12. Anna Nordqvist, Sweden
13. Teresa Lu, Taiwan
14. Harukyo Nomura, Japan
15. Charley Hull, Great Britain
16. Pornanong Phatlum, Thailand
17. Lee-Anne Pace, South Africa
18. Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand
19. Candie Kung, Taiwan
20. Shiho Oyama, Japan
21. Karrie Webb, Australia
22. Azahara Munoz, Spain
23. Carlota Ciganda, Spain
24. Xiyu Lin, China
25. Sandra Gal, Germany
26. Karine Icher, France
27. Catriona Matthew, Great Britain
28. Caroline Masson, Germany
29. Nicole Larsen, Denmark
30. Pernilla Lindberg, Sweden
31. Julieta Granada, Paraguay
32. Mariajo Uribe, Colombia
33. Gwladys Nocera, France
34. Christel Boeljon, Netherlands
35. Paula Reto, South Africa
36. Alena Sharp, Canada
37. Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Denmark
38. Marianne Skarpnord, Norway
39. Kelly Tan, Malaysia
40. Gaby Lopez, Mexico
41. Ursula Wikstrom, Finland
42. Klara Spilkova, Russia
43. Laetitia Beck, Israel
44. Giulia Sergas, Italy
45. Noora Tamminen, Finland
46. Leona Maguire, Ireland
47. Christine Wolf, Austria
48. Dewi Claire Schreefel, Netherlands
49. Maria Verchenova, Russia
50. Stephanie Meadow, Ireland
51. Fabienne In-Albon, Switzerland
52. Diana Luna, Italy
53. Michelle Koh, Malaysia
54. Alejandra Llaneza, Mexico
55. Liv Cheng, New Zealand
56. Chloe Leurquin, Belgium
57. Aditi Ashok, India
58. Miriam Nagl, Brazil
59. Victoria Lovelady, Brazil
60. Paz Echeverria, Chile