Golf at the Paris 2024 Olympics starts on Thursday! The Golfing Gazette tells you everything you need to know.
Team USA athletes have already competed in the likes of athletics, swimming, basketball and tennis, and soon the golfers will get their Olympics underway.
With a four-man lineup made up of some of the best players in the world, the US will fancy their chances of adding to their medal tally.
Here’s all the important information about the Paris 2024 Olympics men’s golf, including how to watch, predictions, prize money and dates.
Everything you need to know about the Paris 2024 Olympics men’s golf
When will the Olympics golf take place?
The Paris 2024 Olympics men’s golf will run from Thursday the 1st of August until Sunday the 4th of August.
Where will the Olympics golf take place?
The golf will be taking place at none other than Le Golf National, around 20 miles southwest of Paris. The course played host to the 2018 Ryder Cup.
- Location: Guyancourt, France
- Course: L’Albatros
- Established: 1990
- Designer: Hubert Chesneau, Robert von Hagge and Pierre Thevenin
- Par: 72
- Yardage: 7,331 yards
- Historic Tournaments: Olympics (2024), Ryder Cup (2018), Open de France (annually)
Who won at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
2024 PGA Championship and Open Championship winner Xander Schauffele won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (-18). He finished one shot ahead of Slovakia’s Rory Sabbatini (-17).
There were seven players tied for third at the end of the four days, including Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa, but it was Chinese Taipei’s C. T. Pan who took home the bronze.
Which players are taking part?
There will be 60 players competing for medals at Le Golf National this week. The top 15 players in the world rankings automatically qualified. The remaining players were also decided by world ranking but with a maximum of two players per country.
USA will have four male participants – Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa – as they are all inside the top 15 in the world rankings.
What is the prize money?
The prize money for winning the Paris 2024 Olympics is insignificant compared to PGA Tour events. The gold medal recipient will earn just $50,000.
How to Watch (US)
The Paris 2024 Olympics men’s golf will be broadcast on GOLF Channel and Peacock all four days. The broadcast on Sunday will last an extra 30 minutes to show the medal ceremony.
Broadcast Schedule
- Thursday: 3 a.m. – 12 p.m. (GOLF Channel, Peacock)
- Friday: 3 a.m. – 12 p.m. (GOLF Channel, Peacock)
- Saturday: 3 a.m. – 12 p.m. (GOLF Channel, Peacock)
- Sunday: 3 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (GOLF Channel, Peacock)
Predictions
The Golfing Gazette writers predict who they think will walk away with the gold, silver and bronze medals:
Sam Stone: Gold – Xander Schauffele (USA), Silver – Scottie Scheffler (USA), Bronze – Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain)
“The USA are the clear favourites here, and it’s easy to see why. Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler are the best players on the planet, and it’s hard to envisage anyone coming close at Le Golf National.
“After Scheffler claimed the course was soft and rough relatively kind, conditions could be well suited to the traditional American player. I am going to back Schauffele to land gold, Scheffler silver and Tommy Fleetwood to steal a bronze.
“The Englishman won all four of his matches during the 2018 Ryder Cup and could be well-suited to the course at Le Golf National.”
Jordan Harris: Gold – Xander Schauffele (USA), Silver – Adrian Meronk (Poland), Bronze – Guido Migliozzi (Italy)
“It feels like a flip of the coin for whether Xander Schauffele or Scottie Scheffler win the gold medal, but Schauffele gets the nod based on him winning in Tokyo three years ago.
“Of course, it could well be an American clean sweep in the men’s event, but where is the fun in predicting that? Adrian Meronk finished tied for 11th at Le Golf National in 2022 and has had a sneakily good season on LIV.
“Guido Migliozzi is not one of the biggest names in the field by any means, but he won around Le Golf National in 2022 and sits 10th on the Race to Dubai this year.”
Peter Lynch: Gold – Matthieu Pavon (France), Silver – Ludvig Aberg (Sweden), Bronze – Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain)
“While Team USA stars Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele will be hard to beat given their form this season, I’m backing Matthieu Pavon to bask in the home support and clinch gold for host nation France.
“Unlike the Frenchman, Ludvig Aberg and Tommy Fleetwood are yet to taste success in 2024. Both are due victories, but I think they’ll just come up short, with the former taking home silver and the latter winning bronze.”
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