2024 Olympics Golf Preview: Americans Favored to Populate the Podium

Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark will represent the United States
2024 Olympics Golf Preview: Americans Favored to Populate the Podium
Xander Schauffele, of the United States, holds his gold medal in the men's golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Kawagoe, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2021. Andy Wong/AP
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For just the third time in a century, golf will be contested at a Summer Olympics. The men’s golf tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics begins on Thursday, wrapping up on Sunday, marking the third straight Olympic Games featuring the sport. It originally debuted at the 1900 Games and stuck around for the 1904 Summer Olympics before a 112-year gap. The sport returned in 2016.

Le Golf National, a par-72, 7,331-yard course in a southwest suburb of Paris, will host golf at the 2024 Olympics after hosting the Ryder Cup in 2018. Qualification for the tournament is a bit unique in that, while it does rely on Official World Golf Ranking, nations are limited to four golfers each. Only the top 15 ranked players automatically qualified – provided they were among the top four for their country. After that, the remainder of the field was filled out according to ranking, with a maximum of two players per nation and each continent having at least one representative.

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Ross Kelly is a sports journalist who has been published by ESPN, CBS and USA Today. He has also done statistical research for Stats Inc. and Synergy Sports Technology. A graduate of LSU, Ross resides in Houston.
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