Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's individual explained

Event:	Men's golf
Games:	2024 Summer
Venue:	Le Golf National (Albatros Course)
Dates:	1–4 August 2024
Competitors:	60
Nations:	32
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	265 (−19)
Gold:	Scottie Scheffler
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Tommy Fleetwood
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Hideki Matsuyama
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2020
Next:	2028

The men's individual golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 1 to 4 August 2024 at the Le Golf National. 60 golfers from 33 nations were competing.

Qualification

See main article: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Each country could qualify from one to four golfers based on the World Rankings of 17 June 2024. The top 60 golfers, subject to limits per nation and guarantees for the host and continental representation, were selected. A nation could have three or four golfers if they are all in the top 15 of the rankings; otherwise, each nation was limited to two golfers. One spot was guaranteed for the host nation France and five spots were guaranteed to ensure that each Olympic continent has at least one representative.

Competition format and schedule

As with most major stroke play tournaments, the event was held over four days (Thursday through Sunday) with each golfer playing one round (18 holes) per day. However, unlike most tour events, there is no cut to the field after day two, with all players playing all four rounds.^[1]

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 1 August 2024	9:00	First round
Friday, 2 August 2024	9:00	Second round
Saturday, 3 August 2024	9:00	Third round
Sunday, 4 August 2024	9:00	Final round

Results

First round

Thursday, 1 August 2024

Victor Perez, from the host country, hit the opening tee shot. Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), who lost in a 7-man playoff for the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics, shot an 8-under-par round of 63 to lead by two strokes over defending champion Xander Schauffele (United States). Overnight rain had softened the course, resulting in lower-than-expected scores. Play was delayed twice during the round due to nearby lightning.^[2]

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1			63	−8
2			65	−6
T3			66	−5
T6			67	−4

Second round

Friday, 2 August 2024

Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain), Xander Schauffele (United States) the defending gold medalist, and first round leader Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) were tied for first place after the second round, sitting two strokes ahead of Jon Rahm (Spain). World Number one Scottie Scheffler (United States) was five strokes back.^[3]

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
T1			67-64=131	−11
		63-68=131
		65-66=131
4			67-66=133	−9
T5			71-63=134	−8
		66-68=134
		69-65=134
T8			71-64=135	−7
		68-67=135
T10			66-70=136	−6
		67-69=136
		67-69=136

Third round

Saturday, 3 August 2024

Jon Rahm (Spain) moved into a tie for first place with Xander Schauffele (United States) with a 5-under-par 66. Second round co-leader Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain) dropped to third place, one stroke behind. The other second round co-leader, Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), was two strokes off the lead and tied with Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark) who tied the course record with a 9-under-par 62. World number one Scottie Scheffler (United States) was four strokes behind the leaders.^[4]

Rank	Player	Nation	Score	To par
T1			67-66-66=199	−14
		65-66-68=199
3			67-64-69=200	−13
T4			70-70-62=202	−11
		63-68-71=202
T6			71-63-69=203	−10
		66-68-69=203
		68-69-66=203
		67-69-67=203
T10			68-70-66=204	−9
		69-68-67=204
		66-70-68=204

Final round

Sunday, 4 August 2024

American Scottie Scheffler tied the course record by shooting 62 (−9) to win the gold medal by one stroke. The world number one golfer started the day four strokes behind the leaders but birdied five of the last seven holes. Tommy Fleetwood of Great Britain won the silver medal and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan was one stroke behind for the bronze medal.^[5]

data-sort-type=number	Rank !	Player	Nation	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Total	To par
	align=left			67	69	67	62	265	−19
	align=left			67	64	69	66	266	−18
	align=left			63	68	71	65	267	−17
4	align=left			70	67	68	63	268	−16
T5	align=left			68	69	66	66	269	−15
	align=left			67	66	66	70
7	align=left			70	70	62	68	270	−14
8	align=left			66	68	69	68	271	−13
T9	align=left			68	69	69	66	272	−12
	align=left			69	68	67	68
	align=left			66	70	68	68
	align=left			71	63	69	69
	align=left			65	66	68	73
T14	align=left			75	68	65	65	273	−11
	align=left			71	68	66	68
16	align=left			70	71	64	69	274	−10
17	align=left			67	69	69	70	275	−9
T18	align=left			69	69	69	69	276	−8
	align=left			68	69	69	70
	align=left			69	65	72	70
	align=left			68	70	66	72
T22	align=left			76	65	68	68	277	−7
	align=left			68	67	74	68
T24	align=left			70	68	70	70	278	−6
	align=left			72	68	66	72
T26	align=left			68	75	69	67	279	−5
	align=left			68	70	70	71
	align=left			71	64	72	72
	align=left			71	71	66	71
T30	align=left			73	70	70	67	280	−4
	align=left			70	75	67	68
	align=left			70	73	68	69
T33	align=left			74	69	69	69	281	−3
	align=left			70	69	71	71
T35	align=left			74	69	71	68	282	−2
	align=left			70	71	71	70
	align=left			67	74	70	71
	align=left			67	73	68	74
	align=left			69	72	71	70
T40	align=left			70	69	72	72	283	−1
	align=left			70	70	70	73
	align=left			69	69	70	75
T43	align=left			71	68	76	69	284	E
	align=left			66	75	75	68
T45	align=left			69	76	74	66	285	+1
	align=left			75	69	71	70
	align=left			67	74	71	73
	align=left			67	71	72	75
T49	align=left			70	70	73	74	287	+3
	align=left			73	71	72	71
	align=left			69	72	70	76
52	align=left			73	69	72	74	288	+4
53	align=left			69	70	77	73	289	+5
54	align=left			74	73	72	71	290	+6
55	align=left			75	73	70	73	291	+7
56	align=left			70	72	78	72	292	+8
57	align=left			76	74	72	71	293	+9
58	align=left			71	75	77	74	297	+13
WD	align=left			73	64	81	data-sort-value=99		data-sort-value=999	218
WD	align=left			70	75	74	data-sort-value=99		data-sort-value=999	219

Notes and References

1. News: Mullin . Eric . Men's golf at the Olympics: Full field, how to watch and more to know . 1 August 2024 . NBC10 Philadelphia . 1 August 2024.
2. News: Matsuyama has 2-shot lead after first round of Olympic golf . ESPN . Associated Press . 1 August 2024.
3. News: Fleetwood shares lead as Olympic golf gold race takes shape . ESPN . Associated Press . 2 August 2024.
4. News: Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm share lead in Olympic men's golf . ESPN . Associated Press . 3 August 2024.
5. News: Scottie Scheffler wins Olympic golf gold with final-round 62 . ESPN . 4 August 2024.