The current world No. 1 cemented his sparkling season with a gold medal while a former No. 1 had a shocking back-nine crash at Le Golf National.
The 2024 men’s Olympic golf tournament ended with a flourish and another big-time title for the World No. 1. Who else won the week and who came up short of their Olympic dreams? Let’s dive in.Wasn’t there talk about Xander Schauffele’s two majors beating the world No. 1’s green jacket and a gaggle of other Tour trophies? The scales just tilted back to the Texan after a bogey-free 9-under Sunday 62 and 529 grams: the weight of this Olympic gold medal. What a year. What a superstar.
after the 2023 FedEx Cup title. He’s 55th right now in the playoff standings and may not make it past Memphis.Three years ago in Tokyo he said he never worked so hard for a third-place finish , Sunday he was chasing even more than that after a thrilling five straight birdies to start his back nine. But a rinsed approach at the 15th led to double bogey and an end to the charge, yet another miscue to add to the list of what-could-have-beens over the last decade.
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