Two rounds down. Two rounds remaining to determine who’ll take home the gold, silver and bronze at Le Golf National.
So far the 2024 Olympic men’s tournament has come to resemble a typical PGA Tour event. Aggressive play has been rewarded with birdies coming in bunches. The trio of Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama and Tommy Fleetwood share the lead at 11 under par.
Yet the closing four holes on the Albatros Course have teeth, particularly the par-4 18th hole with water down the left side of the fairway and around the green requiring precise play at the finish. Just ask Matsuyama and Fleetwood, who made double bogey and bogey respectively to fall back into a tie with Schauffele.
With the weather forecast looking fairly clear, but also without much wind, expect a soft course to remain that way, and players needing to stay aggressive to move up the leaderboard. Fifteen players are within six shots of the lead, including major winners in Jon Rahm (nine under), Scottie Scheffler (six under), Matt Fitzpatrick (five under), Jason Day (five under) and Rory McIlroy (five under). All are capable of shooting something in the mid-60s during Saturday’s third round and being right in the mix come Sunday.
Here is the complete list of tee times for Round 3.
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THIRD ROUND/SATURDAY (all times EDT)
3 a.m. -- Kiradech APHIBARNRAT, Daniel HILLIER, Camilo VILLEGAS
3:11 a.m. -- Mito PEREIRA, Phachara KHONGWATMAI, Mattieu PAVON
3:22 a.m. -- Adrian MERONK, Gaganjeet BHULLAR, Viktor HOVLAND
3:33 a.m. -- Matthias SCHMID, Wyndham CLARK, Gavin GREEN
3:44 a.m. -- Nick TAYLOR, Rafa CAMPOS, Nico ECHAVARRIA
3:55 a.m. -- Yechun YUAN, Kevin YU, Shane LOWRY
4:11 a.m. -- Christiaan BEZUIDENHOUT, Sepp STRAKA, Abraham ANCER
4:22 a.m. -- Emiliano GRILLO, Alex NOREN,, Min Woo LEE
4:33 a.m. -- Adrien DUMONT de CHASSART, Joel GIRRBACH, Tapio PULKKANEN
4:44 a.m. -- Nicolai HOJGAARD, Byeong Hun AN, Ryan FOX
4:55 a.m. -- Thorbjorn OLESEN, Marty DOU, Keita NAKAJIMA
5:06 a.m. -- Shubhankar SHARMA, Kristoffer VENTURA, Fabrizio ZANOTTI
5:17 a.m. -- Collin MORIKAWA, Carlos ORTIZ, Ludvig ABERG
5:33 a.m. -- Matteo MANASSERO, Sami VALIMAKI, David PUIG
5:44 a.m. -- Corey CONNERS, Jason DAY, Rory McILROY
5:55 a.m. -- Matt FITZPATRICK, Victor PEREZ Victor, Alejandro TOSTI
5:06 a.m. -- Erik van ROOYEN, Joaquin NIEMANN, Scottie SCHEFFLER
6:17 a.m. -- Tom KIM, Stpehen JAEGER, Guido MIGLIOZZI
6:28 a.m. -- Jon RAHM, Thomas DETRY, C.T. PAN
6:39 a.m. -- Xander SCHAUFFELE, Hideki MATSUYAMA, Tommy FLEETWOOD