Written by Ross Kilvington on Monday 5 August 2024
With Olympic medals dished out in Paris, the PGA Tour gets straight back to business at the Wyndham Championship where Lucas Glover defends at the final regular season event. Scottie Scheffler’s glittering 2024 continued as he produced a stunning final round of 62 to edge Tommy Fleetwood to the Olympic gold medal at Le Golf National. The final round in Paris...
Written by Rob Jerram on Saturday 3 August 2024
Tee times and groups for Sunday’s final round of the men’s Olympic Golf Tournament revealed as Spain’s Jon Rahm aims to hold off USA’s defending champion Xander Schauffele and Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood for gold at Paris 2024. We’re heading for a super Sunday Olympic Golf showdown at Le Golf National with the top of the men’s leaderboard as exciting as anything...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 2 August 2024
For 58 golfers in the field at Le Golf National this weekend, an Olympic medal would mean national recognition, a shiny medal, and a place in the history books. But for Tom Kim and Ben An, it would be life-changing. WAAC (Win At All Costs) says the branding on the side of the South Korean pair’s team caps in Paris. Podium...
Written by Rob Jerram on Friday 2 August 2024
Tee times and groups for Saturday’s third round of the men’s Olympic Golf Tournament at Le Golf National revealed as USA’s defending champion Xander Schauffele, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, and Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood lead the way at Paris 2024. Despite using a traditional four-round strokeplay format, there’s no cut at the Men’s Olympic Golf Tournament, so all 60 players who teed it...
Written by Rob McGarr on Thursday 1 August 2024
Rory McIlroy is representing Ireland in golf at the Paris 2024 Olympics. With golf underway at the 2024 Paris Olympics, one of the favorites for a medal, Rory McIlroy, has revealed why he is playing for Ireland rather than Team GB. Tee times for Olympic golf McIlroy was born in Northern Ireland and was eligible to represent Team GB but opted to...
Written by Matt Cooper on Thursday 1 August 2024
Margaret Abbott’s unknown glory is a crazy story highlighting just how different the Olympics used to be… Margaret Abbott died in Greenwich, Connecticut shortly before her 77th birthday in June 1955. It was, naturally, a very sad day but the mourners were able to celebrate the fact that their relative and friend had lived an unusually rich, varied, and well-travelled life. Abbott...
Written by Sarah Pyett on Wednesday 31 July 2024
Golf gets underway at the Olympics in Paris on Thursday 1st August, where Le Golf National plays host to 2024’s tournament. The men’s Olympics Golf teams will compete for the coveted Olympic medals over 72 holes this week, where an individual strokeplay format will decide who gets to take home the gold medal. 60 men (and 60 women, whose event begins next...
Written by Matt Cooper on Tuesday 30 July 2024
Two years on from LIV Golf’s first event, I attended its third UK tournament to see what the experience is like, how LIV is progressing, and whether this is the future of golf. It is just two years ago that the LIV golfing revolution was launched at the Centurion Club in St Albans. It was a remarkable debut, a week in...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 29 July 2024
We look at the four men and three women representing the USA at Paris 2024 – plus the reason the USA has more golfers in the field than any other country. The USA’s hopes of Olympic glory in golf rest on the shoulders of Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, and Collin Morikawa in the men’s golf, and Nelly Korda, Lilia...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 29 July 2024
Jon Rahm wins his first LIV event, picking up $4,000,000 in prize money for victory at LIV Golf UK by JCB. Jon Rahm ended his wait for a LIV victory by taking the title at LIV Golf UK by JCB. Rahm’s 13-under-par total was enough to win by one shot after his Legion XIII teammate Tyrrell Hatton missed a short...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Olympic golf gets underway on 1st August 2024 at 8am BST, and here’s how you can watch the action. The first three-ball in the Men’s Individual Olympic Competition tees off at Le Golf National at 8am on Thursday 1st August, and the Women’s event begins on Wednesday 7th August. Watch Olympic Golf on TV In the UK, the BBC will be sharing broadcasting rights for...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Golf was missing from the Olympics from 1904 to 2016, but it almost came back much sooner, at the world’s most famous golf course. Golf was absent from the Olympics for 112 years – between the 1904 Games and the 2016 Olympics – but its return almost happened far sooner and at a very special venue. With the 1996 Olympic Games being...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Justin Rose was golf’s first Olympic Champion in 112 years, and he rates his gold medal up there with his US Open win. The Englishman, whose stellar performance at the 2024 Open Championship left him tied for second place, will be absent from the Paris games, but he has already etched his name into the record books by becoming golf ’s...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
In the build-up to Paris 2024, Xander Schauffele spoke exclusively to Today’s Golfer about his Olympic preparations, and why winning gold again would mean so much to him and his father After several hours of media interviews, Xander Schauffele is done talking about the PGA Championship and The Open Championship. The Olympics has been on his radar for several months now...
Written by Michael Catling on Thursday 25 July 2024
Those playing golf at the Paris 2024 Olympics are competing for more than just a medal, with prize money and world ranking points on the line too. Professional golfers have differing opinions when it comes to the Olympics. Some view it as a huge honor to represent their country alongside elite athletes from other disciplines. Wyndham Clark even said it’s bigger...
Written by Michael Catling on Wednesday 24 July 2024
This August, Le Golf National will become the first course to have hosted both the Ryder Cup and the Olympics, and whoever tames the Albatros course will be a worthy golf medallist. Four decades ago it was pan-flat cornfields, but now Le Golf National’s Albatros is a course built for strokeplay and its nerve-shredding, lake-strewn final four holes reflect that. Dubbed...
Written by Michael Catling on Tuesday 23 July 2024
Today’s Golfer spoke to major champion and local hero, Celine Boutier, to talk all things Olympic Golf ahead of Paris 2024. Celine Boutier is a five-time LPGA Tour winner, including one Major Championship, and she also has five LET wins to her name. Boutier will be representing France at the Paris Olympics in August, alongside fellow LPGA tour player Perrine Delacour.
Written by Sarah Pyett on Tuesday 23 July 2024
How will the Olympic golf tournament work at Le Golf National, and how will the gold medal winner be decided? Unlike most team tournaments, such as the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup which are matchplay showdowns, the 2024 Olympic Golf contenders will play a stroke-play format as they are technically competing for an individual prize. Since golf was reintroduced into the...
Written by Rob McGarr on Tuesday 23 July 2024
Team GB will be represented by Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Charley Hull, and Georgia Hall in the golf events at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Great Britain’s hopes of Olympic glory in golf rest on the shoulders of Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood in the men’s event, and Charley Hull and Georgia Hall in the women’s golf. The four will be seeking...
Written by Rob McGarr on Monday 22 July 2024
Here’s where 2025’s golf majors be played – plus information on how to get tickets and whether you can play the host courses. Xander Schauffele’s victory at Royal Troon marked the end of the men’s golf majors for 2024. We still have the AIG Women’s Open at St Andrews to look forward to from 21-25 August, but then we’ll be done...