A boisterous crowd at Le Golf National made for the sport's best Olympic experience yet.
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Golf, Olympic-style, came alive Thursday, a pleasant surprise amid continuing uncertainty as to whether the sport should even be in the games at all.
Le Golf National, which was the venue for the 2016 Ryder Cup and has hosted several French Opens on the DP World Tour, is approximately 30 miles from Paris and a lengthy commute from a majority of the other Olympic events. “I didn't know what the tournament was going to be like. Going up to the 1st tee, there were a lot of people there and wearing USA gear. I talked about it a little bit before the tournament that it was going to feel more like an individual event but at times this week it didn't feel that way because we played a lot of practice rounds and we were out there competing and cutting it up like we do.
Xander Schauffele appeared to pick up where he left off less than two weeks in Scotland, where he won the British Open for his second major title of the year. He played the final round at Royal Troon without a bogey. It took him until the 17th hole to make one Thursday against seven birdies the left him two shots back.Schauffele and Scheffler are two of the four Americans in the tournament, the most of any country. Collin Morikawa was well back after a 70. And 2023 U.S.
And that has not always been the thinking among golfers. The first Olympic Golf event in 2016 saw considerable indifference, as the top-four-ranked players in the world, including McIlroy, all skipped.
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