The battle for the spot that will accompany Jon Rahm to the Olympic Games in Paris could not be more exciting. This Sunday, a new chapter has been lived in Sweden. Jorge Campillo, who finished twelfth in the tournament, has enough points to surpass David Puig in the world ranking by a very slim margin. That is, right now the second spot for the Golf National would be for the Extremaduran, who would become the first Spanish golfer to repeat presence after the Tokyo Games.
Actually, Campillo has finished in the twelfth position in terms of the money distribution of the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed, but from the point of view of the world ranking he has been eighth tied with five other players. This is because it has been a mixed tournament and the girls are eliminated from the classification both for the Race to Dubai and the world ranking.
Thus, Linn Grant, Johanna Gustavsson, Nastasia Nadaud and Nicole Broch Estrup would disappear ahead. Those are the four spots that Campillo would move up and that’s why he would be eighth. As for the tied ones, Alice Hewson and Noora Komulainen also disappear. In this way, for the points of the world ranking, Campillo has finished eighth tied with Alexander Bjork, Scott Jamieson, Adrien Saddier, Darius Van Driel and Matthew Jordan.
Thanks to this position, the golfer from Norba will be placed in the ranking, when it is updated this Monday, with a total of 1,0339 points, that is, 14 hundredths more than David Puig, who will appear this Monday with 1,0325. More tight, almost impossible. Remember that the qualification period closes after the US Open, so there is only that week left to add.
In this way, unless tournament adjustments say otherwise, Campillo has forced Puig to make the cut at the US Open in Pinehurst next week to assault the second spot and participate alongside Jon Rahm in the Paris Games. A double objective for the young golfer from La Garriga in the third Major of his career.
It should be remembered that the battle is not only between two, although they are the ones with the most options. We must not lose sight of Eugenio López Chacarra. The Madrid player, however, would need to have an exceptional performance at the US Open, the first Major of his career. He would have to finish at least third alone. At the same time, if Sergio García manages to get in he would also have some option, but he would only be worth finishing at least second tied with a single player to have mathematical options. Thus, the second Olympic spot in Spanish golf is definitely a matter of three, at least, and four at most.
Campillo has forced Puig to make a last effort to be in Paris 2024.
