Golf Shibuno Hyugako ranked 12th in the Tokyo Olympics, August 7 at 20:44
Shinko Shibuno, who won a major overseas championship for the first time in 42 years as a Japanese player at the British Open of Golf, appeared in the ranking for the first time in the latest "Olympic Golf Ranking" and entered the Tokyo Olympics. It was.
The qualifications for the Tokyo Olympic golf are the “Olympic Golf Rankings” of the International Golf Federation, which is calculated based on the world rankings, and will be given to the top 60 players as of June next year.
The International Golf Federation, in principle, has a 60-person ranking and updates weekly. Shibuno is the 12th-ranked player in the latest ranking for the first time.
The top of the Japanese team was Nana Hataoka who was active on the US tour and was in 10th place.
The Tokyo Olympics are limited to the top 15 in the top 15 in the ranking, and up to 2 in each country, including the 15th in the 16th and below. In Japan, Ai Suzuki is 18th However, Shibuno became the second Japanese player at the moment to replace Suzuki in the British Women's Open championship.
Shibuno showed strong willingness to participate in the Tokyo Olympics at the return home conference on the 6th.