Corrected: Only Top Four Top 15 Americans Would Have Made 2012 Olympic Golf

There is a catch in the Olympic qualifying that I forgot about when posting this item last week but which Garry Smits got right in a post updating the status of golf in the Olympics with a list of the men and women who would have qualified this year had London included golf.

The key takeaway that might surprise people: the top 15 in the world golf rankings qualify with no more than four players per nation. That means only four Americans would have made it even though there are eight in the top 15 (Tiger Woods, Webb Simpson, Bubba Watson, Jason Dufner).

In light of the controversy of world champion Jordyn Wieber not qualifying for the gymnastics all-around due to a similar rule only allowing a certain number of athletes from a country, I wonder if we are headed for a situation like it in 2016?