In a study of the human tendency of focusing on what might have been as opposed to actually what is, the athletes who finished with a bronze medal looked markedly happier than those who won silver.
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.
The result of a soft golf course was a first-round scoring average of 69.82 and a field that was a combined 86-under par. Half the holes played under par for the day, and the field averaged four birdies per round.
Jason Day will tee off Thursday night (AEST) in his debut Olympics motivated to represent the green and gold with a hot performance at Le Golf National.
Ryan Fox from New Zealand, Gavin Green from Malaysia, C.T. Pan from Chinese Taipei and Fabrizio Zanotti from Paraguay are all making their third straight appearance in the Olympics, the only male golfers to appear in all three Games since golf was reinstated in 2016.
Unlike previous Olympic golf courses, Le Golf National is very much a known quantity, especially for those in the 60-man field who’ve played the DP World Tour.
Australian Golf Digest
