The men's individual golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 1 to 4 August 2024 at Le Golf National. 60 golfers from 33 nations were competing.
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.
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.
Rank Player Nation Score To par1 Hideki Matsuyama 63 −82 Xander Schauffele 65 −6T3 Emiliano Grillo 66 −5 Tom Kim Joaquín Niemann T6 Tommy Fleetwood 67 −4 Ryan Fox Alex Norén Jon Rahm Scottie Scheffler Sepp Straka Sami Välimäki Erik van Rooyen
Second round Friday, 2 August 2024
Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain), Xander Schauffele (United States), 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.
Rank Player Nation Score To parT1 Tommy Fleetwood 67-64=131 −11 Hideki Matsuyama 63-68=131 Xander Schauffele 65-66=1314 Jon Rahm 67-66=133 −9T5 Thomas Detry 71-63=134 −8 Tom Kim 66-68=134 Pan Cheng-tsung 69-65=134T8 Stephan Jäger 71-64=135 −7 Guido Migliozzi 68-67=135T10 Joaquín Niemann 66-70=136 −6 Scottie Scheffler 67-69=136 Erik van Rooyen 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.
Rank Player Nation Score To parT1 Jon Rahm 67-66-66=199 −14 Xander Schauffele 65-66-68=1993 Tommy Fleetwood 67-64-69=200 −13T4 Nicolai Højgaard 70-70-62=202 −11 Hideki Matsuyama 63-68-71=202T6 Thomas Detry 71-63-69=203 −10 Tom Kim 66-68-69=203 Rory McIlroy 68-69-66=203 Scottie Scheffler 67-69-67=203T10 Ludvig Åberg 68-70-66=204 −9 Jason Day 69-68-67=204 Joaquín Niemann 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.
Rank Player Nation Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total To par 67 69 67 62 265 −19 67 64 69 66 266 −18 63 68 71 65 267 −17 4 70 67 68 63 268 −16T5 68 69 66 66 269 −15 67 66 66 70 7 70 70 62 68 270 −14 8 66 68 69 68 271 −13T9 68 69 69 66 272 −12 69 68 67 68 66 70 68 68 71 63 69 69 65 66 68 73T14 75 68 65 65 273 −11 71 68 66 68 16 70 71 64 69 274 −10 17 67 69 69 70 275 −9T18 69 69 69 69 276 −8 68 69 69 70 69 65 72 70 68 70 66 72T22 76 65 68 68 277 −7 68 67 74 68T24 70 68 70 70 278 −6 72 68 66 72T26 68 75 69 67 279 −5 68 70 70 71 71 64 72 72 71 71 66 71T30 73 70 70 67 280 −4 70 75 67 68 70 73 68 69T33 74 69 69 69 281 −3 70 69 71 71T35 74 69 71 68 282 −2 70 71 71 70 67 74 70 71 67 73 68 74 69 72 71 70T40 70 69 72 72 283 −1 70 70 70 73 69 69 70 75T43 71 68 76 69 284 E 66 75 75 68T45 69 76 74 66 285 +1 75 69 71 70 67 74 71 73 67 71 72 75T49 70 70 73 74 287 +3 73 71 72 71 69 72 70 76 52 73 69 72 74 288 +4 53 69 70 77 73 289 +5 54 74 73 72 71 290 +6 55 75 73 70 73 291 +7 56 70 72 78 72 292 +8 57 76 74 72 71 293 +9 58 71 75 77 74 297 +13 WD 73 64 81 218 WD 70 75 74 219
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