Jason Day threw his hat into the ring for a shot at an Olympic medal, with a third-round 67 that lifted his score to nine-under and just five behind leaders Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele.
Xander Schauffele, the defending Olympic champion, Hideki Matsuyama and Tommy Fleetwood each finished at 11 under par for 36 holes to share the halfway lead in the race for the medal stand.
What happens when you get exactly what you’ve asked for and then it turns out it isn’t what you really needed? This is the particularly knotty conundrum golf finds itself in at the halfway point of Olympic men’s tournament at Le Golf National.
It was the 17th time this year Schauffele shot 65 or better, the most recent being the final-round 65 that won him his second major at the Open Championship at Royal Troon.
A tee-time in the Olympics is also a rare commodity. Just 60 men qualified for this year’s games and with the Olympic golf tournament a once-every-four-years event, the opportunity to represent your country on this grand stage is a unique one.
Luiten is apparently out of the Paris Olympics again because of a ruling by the International Olympic Committee that went against the wishes of the International Golf Federation.
Self-confessed Olympic tragic Karrie Webb wants to play her part in securing Australia’s first medal in Olympic golf competition when she captains the Australian team at the Paris 2024 Games later this month.
Little more than two years apart in age, Minjee and Min Woo become the 16th Australian siblings to represent Australia in the same sport at the same Olympic Games.
It was not immediately clear what impact Joost Luiten’s court victory would have on the two other Dutch golfers who qualified for Paris – Darius van Driel on the men’s side and Dewi Weber for the women.