LIV Golf pro gets surprise Olympics call-up after late WD

LIV Golf pro Mito Pereira has been handed the opportunity to play at the Olympics. 

The 29-year-old played in the Tokyo Games four years ago and lost in a playoff for the bronze medal. 

His chances of qualifying for this summer's Games in Paris were dealt a significant blow after he joined the breakaway tour. 

Players qualified for the Olympics via their Official World Golf Ranking, hence why some huge names missed out. 

US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau won't represent Team USA and he wasn't too pleased. 

But the American, 30, did stress that the blow was a direct result of his own decisions. 

Cristobal del Solar qualified ahead of Pereira but the golfer has now withdrawn from the Games. 

The golfer pulled out because he wants to concentrate on earning his very first PGA Tour card through the developmental Korn Ferry Tour. 

Pereira told the official LIV website: "He wanted to get to a certain number of points because obviously he's fighting for his PGA Tour card

"It's not that one is more important than the other. 

"Obviously trying to get to the PGA Tour is his main goal. He made that decision and I think it's very smart to do it."

With Pereira's inclusion, that means that LIV will have seven players competing at the Olympics. 

Those being: 

• Joaquin Niemann
• Jon Rahm
• David Puig
• Carlos Ortiz
• Abraham Ancer
• Adrian Meronk

Olympics golf field:

1. Scottie Scheffler — United States of America

2. Rory McIlroy — Ireland

3. Xander Schauffele — United States of America

4. Ludvig Åberg — Sweden

5. Wyndham Clark — United States of America

6. Viktor Hovland — Norway

7. Collin Morikawa — United States of America

8. Jon Rahm — Spain

9. Hideki Matsuyama — Japan

10. Tommy Fleetwood — Great Britain

11. Matthew Fitzpatrick — Great Britain

12. Matthieu Pavon — France

13. Sepp Straka — Austria

14. Jason Day — Australia

15. Tom Kim — Korea

16. Byeong Hun An — Korea

17. Shane Lowry — Ireland

18. Nick Taylor — Canada

19. Min Woo Lee — Australia

20. Corey Conners — Canada

21. Christiaan Bezuidenhout — South Africa

22. Stephan Jaeger — Germany

23. Nicolai Højgaard — Denmark

24. Thomas Detry — Belgium

25. Emiliano Grillo — Argentina

26. Alex Noren — Sweden

27. Ryan Fox — New Zealand

28. Erik van Rooyen — South Africa

29. Adrian Meronk — Poland

30. Victor Perez — France

31. Keita Nakajima — Japan

32. Thorbjørn Olesen — Denmark

33. Alejandro Tosti — Argentina

34. Joaquin Niemann — Chile

35. Sami Valimaki — Finland

36. Kevin Yu — Chinese Taipei

37. David Puig — Spain

38. Matti Schmid — Germany

39. C.T. Pan — Chinese Taipei

40. Joost Luiten — Netherlands

41. Carl Yuan — China

42. Camilo Villegas — Colombia

43. Matteo Manassero — Italy

44. Adrien Dumont de Chassart — Belgium

45. Daniel Hillier — New Zealand

46. Mito Pereira — Chile

47. Guido Migliozzi — Italy

48. Shubhankar Sharma — India

49. Rafael Campos — Puerto Rico

50. Darius Van Driel — Netherlands

51. Carlos Ortiz — Mexico

52. Kiradech Aphibarnrat — Thailand

53. Gavin Green — Malaysia

54. Gaganjeet Bhullar — India

55. Nico Echavarria — Colombia

56. Kris Ventura — Norway

57. Phachara Khongwatmai — Thailand

58. Abraham Ancer — Mexico

59. Zecheng Dou — China

60. Fabrizio Zanotti — Paraguay

Watched our latest YouTube video?