2024 Olympics golf leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler wins gold medal with course-record 62 in astounding effort
If there was any doubt over the last couple of months, Scottie Scheffler erased it Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics: The 28-year-old American remains the gold standard in professional golf. Scheffler shot a final-round, course-record-tying 62 at Le Golf National to win the Olympic gold medal, finishing the week 19 under for a one-stroke victory over Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood.
With a 29 on the back nine as part of a near-flawless bogey-free round, Scheffler became the first No. 1-ranked golfer in the world to win Olympic gold. Fleetwood, who scored eight birdies himself in a silver medal-winning effort, was undone by three bogeys on the day. The Englishman finished one clear of Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who claimed the bronze medal three years after losing a playoff for third place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
With his medal victory, Scheffler becomes the second straight American male to win gold joining Xander Schauffele, who was victorious at those 2020 Tokyo Games. The win was Scheffler’s seventh of the year, an effort highlighted triumphs at the Masters and Players Championship.
