Scottie Scheffler pinpoints the two most important shots he hit during the final round which won him Olympic gold

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Scottie Scheffler has shared the two shots which proved to be particularly crucial in winning him the Olympic gold medal at Le Golf National on Sunday.

Heading into the final round, it appeared that even Scottie Scheffler had too much to do if he was going to emulate Xander Schauffele three years ago and win the gold medal for the US.

At one stage on Sunday, it seemed that the gold may as well be hung around the neck of Jon Rahm, with the Spaniard leaving the field behind. But those of us who decided to discount the world number one were made to look extremely foolish.

Scheffler tied the course record with a 62, while he came home in 29 to reach 19 under par. And when Tommy Fleetwood failed to chip in on the last, it was confirmed that The Masters champion was also an Olympic champion.

Scottie Scheffler picks out two key shots from final round of Olympic event

It was hard to keep track of all of the twists and turns across the course on Sunday with so many players in the mix at various stages, but Scheffler has picked out what he believes to be the two key moments in his round which set the stage for him taking top spot on the podium.

“I would say, I’m going to give it two shots. I think the par putt I holed on 13 was really important. Just keeping the momentum in the round. Keeping the card clean. That was a hole there where I had a good chance to make birdie and all of a sudden I’m in a tough place after getting overaggressive with a wedge shot; to hole that putt,” he said.

“The approach shot I hit into 15 I think was really important to get one in there close. There was a good leaderboard that I saw on the back of 16. I knew I was close and I felt like if I could make a couple more birdies I could make something happen and was fortunate to be able to do that.”

World number one never seems to mistime his charges through the field

Jason Day spoke about Scheffler not blowing you away in the way Tiger Woods would do, and it really did feel as if the 28-year-old came from nowhere to take charge of a star-studded tournament.

Scheffler had not shot a score lower than 67 across his first three rounds at Le Golf National, so his 62 almost seemed to come out of nowhere. And yet, it felt, in hindsight, entirely predictable that Scheffler would be the one to surge through the field and take the gold medal.

Scheffler’s consistency is absolutely frightening, and clearly just sets the stage for the moment when everything clicks and he is able to charge. So it is hardly surprising that he picked out a par putt as a key moment, as Scheffler is someone who recognises just how important limiting the damage of mistakes really is.

It almost does not saying at this point, but there is no-one better at doing that in the current game.