The Paris Olympics mark just the fifth golf competition ever. With stars like Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, and Nelly Korda set to tee it up – here are a few things you must know.
⛳ Familiar Course: When you lock into the golf on August 1, you might recognize some of the holes – the tournaments will take place at Le Golf National just outside of Paris.
The venue hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup, a 17.5-10.5 win in favor of the Europeans. McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Alex Noren, and Thornbjørn Oleson were all members of that European team who will be playing in the Olympics.
⛳ Golf’s Brief History: The 2024 event is the fifth time in history that golf will be played at the Olympics.
The first two were in 1900 and 1904, followed by a 112-year drought until it came back in 2016. The 1900 Olympics were also held in France at the Compiègne Club.
⛳ Format: Golf at the Olympics has two events; A men’s strokeplay tournament and a women’s strokeplay tournament. Both events will be structured the same as a regular PGA or LPGA Tour event with four 18-hole rounds played over four days.
The fields both feature 60 players and no cut after 36 holes. That means that regardless of how they play, all of the star players will be around until the final putt drops.
⛳ Star Power: The Americans swept the gold medals at the Tokyo Games in 2021 – Xander Schauffele won the men’s side and Nelly Korda won on the women’s side. Both players had the best seasons of their careers in 2024 and come in with a great chance to defend their titles.
Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark are the other US competitors in the men’s event while Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang complete the women’s team.
⛳ LIV Golf’s Presence: There will be LIV players in the field, including Spain’s Jon Rahm, Chile’s Joaquin Niemann and Mito Pereria, and Mexico’s Abraham Ancer.
Many star LIV players, like Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, will not be participating due to their tour. The qualification system used the Official World Golf Rankings, which does not award LIV points.
