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Golf Channel · Jul 4, 2016

Power among new group of projected Olympians

With only one week to go before the field is finalized, the men's Olympic standings experienced a bit of a reshuffle thanks to some high-profile withdrawals.

Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama and Shane Lowry all announced last week that they would not play in Rio, opening up three spots for their countrymen. In their place now stand Marcus Fraser, Yuta Ikeda and Seamus Power, each now projected to earn a spot in the 60-man field.

The roster of entrants will be based off the world rankings on July 11. Each country can have up to two representatives, with the maximum raised to four if all are within the top 15 of the world rankings.

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