A Japanese golfer will hit the opening tee shot of the 2021 Olympic men’s golf tournament. Just not the Japanese golfer you might have expected.
The International Golf Federation has given the honour to Rikuya Hoshino when the men’s event begins tomorrow at Kasumigaseki Country Club at 7:30am local time. Hoshino will be playing in the threesome with Thomas Pieters of Belgium and Sepp Straka of Austria.
Meanwhile, the other Japanese men’s golf in the field – Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama – goes off at 8:41am local time alongside Australia’s Marc Leishman and Canada’s Corey Conners.
Australia’s other representative, Cam Smith, will begin his Olympic campaign at 10:14am local time alongside Norway’s Viktor Hovland and South African Garrick Higgo.
Here are the complete tee-times for rounds one and two:
ROUND 1 (Japan time; AEST is one hour ahead)
7:30am
Rikuya HOSHINO, Japan
Thomas PIETERS, Belgium
Sepp STRAKA, Austria
7:41am
Adri ARNAUS, Spain
Sami VALIMAKI, Finland
Matthias SCHWAB, Austria
7:52am
Sebastian MUNOZ, Colombia
Henrik NORLANDER, Sweden
Joachim B. HANSEN, Denmark
8:03am
Carlos ORTIZ, Mexico
Antoine ROZNER, France
Guido MIGLIOZZI, Italy
8:14am
Xander SCHAUFFELE, USA
Abraham ANCER, Mexico
Christiaan BEZUIDENHOUT, South Africa
8:25am
Justin THOMAS, USA
Joaquin NIEMANN, Chile
Paul CASEY, Great Britain
8:41am
Hideki MATSUYAMA, Japan
Marc LEISHMAN, Australia
Corey CONNERS, Canada
8:52am
C.T. PAN, Chinese Taipei
Ryan FOX, New Zealand
Anirban LAHIRI, India
9:03am
Hurly LONG, Germany
Yechun YUAN, China
Gavin GREEN, Malaysia
9:14am
K.K. JOHANNESSEN, Norway
Adrian MERONK, Poland
Gunn CHAROENKUL, Thailand
9:25am
Rory SABBATINI, Slovakia
Mito PEREIRA, Chile
Renato PARATORE, Italy
9:36am
Jhonattan VEGAS, Venezuela
Thomas DETRY, Belgium
Kalle SAMOOJA, Finland
9:47am
Mackenzie HUGHES, Canada
Alex NOREN, Sweden
Jazz JANEWATTANANOND, Thailand
10:03am
Rasmus HOJGAARD, Denmark
Romain LANGASQUE, France
Si Woo Kim, South Korea
10:14am
Viktor HOVLAND, Norway
Cameron SMITH, Australia
Garrick HIGGO, South Africa
10:25am
Collin MORIKAWA, USA
Rory McILROY, Ireland
Sungjae IM, South Korea
10:36am
Patrick REED, USA
Tommy FLEETWOOD, Great Britain
Shane LOWRY, Ireland
10:47am
Rafael CAMPOS, Puerto Rico
Max KIEFFER, Germany
Ashun WU, China
10:58am
Fabrizio ZANOTTI, Paraguay
Juvic PAGUNSAN, Philippines
Scott VINCENT, Zimbabwe
11:09am
Udayan MANE, India
Ondrej LIESER, Czech Republic
Jorge CAMPILLO, Spain
ROUND 2
7:30am
Rory SABBATINI, Slovakia
Mito PEREIRA, Chile
Renato PARATORE, Italy
7:41am
Jhonattan VEGAS, Venezuela
Thomas DETRY, Belgium
Kalle SAMOOJA, Finland
7:52am
Mackenzie HUGHES, Canada
Alex NOREN, Sweden
Jazz JANEWATTANANOND, Thailand
8:03am
Rasmus HOJGAARD, Denmark
Romain LANGASQUE, France
Si Woo Kim, South Korea
8:14am
Viktor HOVLAND, Norway
Cameron SMITH, Australia
Garrick HIGGO, South Africa
8:25am
Collin MORIKAWA, USA
Rory McILROY, Ireland
Sungjae IM, South Korea
8:41am
Patrick REED, USA
Tommy FLEETWOOD, Great Britain
Shane LOWRY, Ireland
8:52am
Rafael CAMPOS, Puerto Rico
Max KIEFFER, Germany
Ashun WU, China
9:03am
Fabrizio ZANOTTI, Paraguay
Juvic PAGUNSAN, Philippines
Scott VINCENT, Zimbabwe
9:14am
Udayan MANE, India
Ondrej LIESER, Czech Republic
Jorge CAMPILLO, Spain
9:25am
Rikuya HOSHINO, Japan
Thomas PIETERS, Belgium
Sepp STRAKA, Austria
9:36am
Adri ARNAUS, Spain
Sami VALIMAKI, Finland
Matthias SCHWAB, Austria
9:47am
Sebastian MUNOZ, Colombia
Henrik NORLANDER, Sweden
Joachim B. HANSEN, Denmark
10:03am
Carlos ORTIZ, Mexico
Antoine ROZNER, France
Guido MIGLIOZZI, Italy
10:14am
Xander SCHAUFFELE, USA
Abraham ANCER, Mexico
Christiaan BEZUIDENHOUT, South Africa
10:25am
Justin THOMAS, USA
Joaquin NIEMANN, Chile
Paul CASEY, Great Britain
10:36am
Hideki MATSUYAMA, Japan
Marc LEISHMAN, Australia
Corey CONNERS, Canada
10:47am
C.T. PAN, Chinese Taipei
Ryan FOX, New Zealand
Anirban LAHIRI, India
10:58am
Hurly LONG, Germany
Yechun YUAN, China
Gavin GREEN, Malaysia
11:09am
K.K. JOHANNESSEN, Norway
Adrian MERONK, Poland
Gunn CHAROENKUL, Thailand
PHOTO: VCG
