Blog#163 OLYMPIC’s  

Blog#163 OLYMPIC’s  

La Golf National France

August 1-4, 2024 Par 71

History This is the 3rd Olympics that includes golf.  

Gold Medal winners.  2016 in Rio De Jene Justin Rose, 2021 Tokyo X. Schauffele.

Golf course is about 25 minutes from Paris.

Favorites S Scheffler 4/1, X Schauffele 6/1 R McIlroy 8/1 C Morakawa 9/1 J Rahm 9/1 

ROUND 1 Course is soft after overnight rain.  46 of 60 players-par.

1 Hideki Matsuyama-8 (Japan) 63 Bogie free with 8 birdies. Finish Slvr

2 Xander Schauffele-6 (USA) 65 Chips in for birdie on #$1 but bogies.   Finish 9-12 

3 Joaquin Niiemann-5 (Chile) 66 One bogie 1 eagle 4 birdies. Finish 9-12

3 Tom Kim-5 (S Korea) 66 Bogie free with 5 birdies. Finish 8-13

6 Tommy Fleetwood-4 (Great Britain) 67 Bogie free with 4 birdies.    Finish Brnz 

6 Scottie Scheffler-4 (USA) 67 Bogie free with 4 birdies.     Finish Gold

6 Sami Valimaki-4 (Finland) 67 Three bogies 7 birdies, pars RD2 Finish 45+1

6 Erik van Rooyen-4 (South Africa) 67 One eagle 2 bogies 6 birdies DB on #18. Finish 17-9

6 Jon Rahm-4 (Spain) 67 Two eagles 4 birdies 2 bogies 1DB. Finish 5-15

6 Carlos Ortiz-4 (Mexico) 67 One DB 1 bogie 7 birdies. Finish 26-5

15 Rory McIlroy-3 (Ireland) 68) One eagle 4 bogies 5 birdies, too many bogies.  Finish 5-15

29 Colin Morikawa-1 (USA) 70 One bogie 2 birdies, picked by a few to win. Finish 24-6

56 Wyndham Clark+4 (USA) 75 Two DB’s 3 bogies 3 birdies.  Finish 14-11

ROUND 2 Only 11 players + par.

1 H. Matsuyama-11 68 DB on 18 with 2 bogies 

1 T Fleetwood-11 64 Only bogie on 18 to lose sole lead, 47’ eagle on #2 with 6 birdies.

1 X Schauffele-11 66 Two bogies 7 birdies.

4 J Rahm-8 66 One bogie 6 birdies.

5 T Kim-8 One eagle 3 birdies 2 bogies.

10 S Scheffler-6 69 One DB 4 birdies all on back 9.

13 R McIlroy-5 69 Another wild RD 1DB 2 bogies 1 eagle 2 bogies.   

ROUND 3

1 Jon Rahm-14 66 Two bogies 7 birdies to climb 4 spots.

1 Xander Schaufflele-14 Average RD until eagle on 14 to tie for lead.

3 Tommy Fleetwood-13 69 Average RD with 1 bogie 2 birdies.

4 Hiedki Matsuyama-11 71 Drops for tie #1 with 3 bogies.

6 Rory McIlroy-10 66 Bogie free RD with 5 birdies.

10 Scottie Scheffler-10 Two bogies 6 birdies.

MEDAL ROUND

1 Scottie Scheffler-19 62 Bogie free low RD with 5 birdies on last 7 holes.

2 Tommy Fleetwood-18 66 Eight birdies on final RD but 3 bogies cost him the gold.

3 Hideki Matsuyama-17 65 Bogie free RD but shoots par with 3 bogies in 3rd or he gets gold.

5 Jon Rahm-15 67 He was-20 thru 1st 10 holes then +6 on last 8.

5 Rory McIlroy-15 66 He is-17 thru 14 holes with 5 straight birdies then DBs 15.

9 X Schauffele-12 73 He is-4 on last 7 holes.