There is a three-way tie for first place after round two of the men’s individual stroke play golf tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Those at -11 and in first place are Xander Schauffele of the United States, Tommy Fleetwood of Great Britain, and Hideki Matsuyama of Japan.
Schauffele and Matsuyama are major champions from the past. Schauffele, who won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, has won two major titles this year. They came at the PGA Championship and British Open. Matsuyama, meanwhile, won the 2021 Masters.
Matsuyama was the round one leader on Thursday after he shot a first round score of -8. In round two, Matsuyama had seven birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey.
Schauffele had a first round score of six-under-par, and a second round score of five-under-par. On Friday, he had seven birdies and two bogeys. Schauffele birdied the third, fourth, fifth, ninth, 10th, 11th, and 14th holes, and bogeyed the second and 13th holes. On Thursday, Schauffele had seven birdies and one bogey. He birdied the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, 12th, 14th, and 17th holes, and bogeyed the 17th hole.
Fleetwood had a first round score of four-under-par. He had four birdies and zero bogeys in round one after birdieing the third, eighth, 11th, and 14th holes. Then in round two, Fleetwood shot a score of seven-under-par. He had six birdies, one eagle and one bogey. Fleetwood eagled the third hole, birdied the fourth, sixth, seventh, 13th, 14th and 17th holes, and bogeyed the 18th hole.
There are four more golfers in contention. Jon Rahm of Spain is alone in fourth place at -9. Rahm won the 2021 United States Open, and 2023 Masters. Then there is a three-way tie for fifth. There you can find South Korea’s Tom Kim, Chinese Taipei’s C.T. Pan, and Belgium’s Thomas Detry at -8. Pan will always be synonymous with the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, because it was there he won a dramatic seven-man playoff to take bronze.
