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The second round of the Paris Olympics golf event concluded on Friday, August 2, proving that the battle for the gold medal will go down to the wire. The day ended with a three-way tie for first place and 12 players in the top 10.
Xander Schauffele once again led the American team, carding a 5-under 66 with seven birdies and two bogeys. That moved him into a tie for first place on the Paris Olympics leaderboard, along with Hideki Matsuyama and Tommy Fleetwood.
Schauffele parred the 1st and bogeyed the 2nd after missing a putt inside 10 feet. But he quickly recovered and birdied the next three holes, then made three pars and a birdie on the final four holes of the front nine.
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On the back nine, Schauffele played the first three holes in birdie, birdie, par. He had his second setback of the round on the 13th, when he sent his tee shot into the left rough, and his second shot went only 87 feet down the fairway.
He tried to save par with a 44-foot putt, but ended up making bogey. He birdied the next hole and finished the round with pars on the final four holes.
Scottie Scheffler is the second-highest placed player on the U.S. Olympic team. He is tied for T10 at 6-under. His round included one double bogey and four birdies.
Collin Morikawa had four birdies and one bogey on Friday to improve to 4-under for the tournament. He also moved up the leaderboard and is now tied for 19th.
The fourth American Olympic golfer, Wyndham Clark, also improved on his day one performance. Clark carded six birdies, one bogey and one double bogey for a 3-under round.
However, he is still carrying the weight of his first day and his score after 36 holes is 1-over. That leaves him in a tie for 46th place.
A look at the Paris Olympics golf leaderboard
Thomas Detry had the best second round of golf at the Paris Olympics (8-under) and climbed 37 places to T5. The biggest drop was made by Emiliano Grillo, who dropped from 3rd to 35th place with a 4-over second round.
Below is the top 20 after two rounds of golf at the Paris Olympics:
- T1 Tommy Fleetwood -11
- T1 Xander Schauffele -11
- T1 Hideki Matsuyama -11
- 4 Jon Rahm -9
- T5 Thomas Detry -8
- T5 C.T. Pan -8
- T5 Tom Kim -8
- T8 Stephan Jaeger -7
- T8 Guido Migliozzi -7
- T10 Erik van Rooyen -6
- T10 Scottie Scheffler -6
- T10 Joaquín Niemann -6
- T13 Matt Fitzpatrick -5
- T13 Victor Perez -5
- T13 Jason Day -5
- T13 Alejandro Tosti -5
- T13 Corey Conners -5
- T13 Rory McIlroy -5
- T19 Collin Morikawa -4
- T19 Matteo Manassero -4
- T19 David Puig -4
- T19 Carlos Ortiz -4
- T19 Ludvig Åberg -4
- T19 Sami Välimäki -4
The players will return to Le Golf National this Saturday for the so-called "Moving Day". The three players tied for first place will play together, with their tee time at 6:39 a.m. (Eastern Time).
