Featured groups for round one at 2024 Olympics golf explored ft. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg

The field for the Olympics men's stroke play event is full of top-flight golfers. At any given point, one of the best in the entire world will be teeing it up with a few other great golfers. The golf in Paris will begin on Thursday, August 1. From that point on, viewers can expect plenty of incredible action featuring the best that the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and DP World Tour have to offer.

The first featured group is as star-studded as it gets, with Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Ludvig Aberg teeing off at 10:11 pm local time in Paris. Each of them could easily win the gold medal.

At 11:55 a.m., another incredible group will take to the greens: Xander Schauffele, fresh off his second Major win at the Open Championship, will be joined by Viktor Hovland and Jon Rahm.

At 12:06 p.m., Matthieu Pavon, Collin Morikawa, and Matt Fitzpatrick will tee off. These are the three most notable groupings, so much so that the Olympic Golf account on X (formerly twitter) has highlighted them for all to see.

Other groups include:

• Thorbjorn Oleson, Joaquin Niemann, Alejandro Tosti
• Wyndham Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood
• Sepp Straka, Jason Day, Tom Kim
• Byeong Hun An, Shane Lowry, Nick Taylor
• Stephan Jaeger, Nicolai Højgaard, Thomas Detry

It promises to be a tough competition to as golfers attempt to be the one who emerges from the field and take home the gold medal.

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Odds for Olympic gold medal in golf

Every single golfer who is in Paris right now competing has a chance to win the gold medal. Only one will, but everyone has hopes of standing atop the podium. Not everyone has the best chance, though.

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Per CBS Sports, here are the full odds:

• Scottie Scheffler (USA) +300
• Xander Schauffele (USA) +525
• Jon Rahm (ESP) +700
• Rory McIlroy (IRL) +700
• Ludvig Aberg (SWE) +1100
• Collin Morikawa (USA) +1100
• Viktor Hovland (NOR) +1700
• Tommy Fleetwood (GBR) +2000
• Tom Kim (KOR) +2000
• Joaquin Niemann (CHI) +2000
• Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) +2200
• Shane Lowry (IRL) +2400
• Corey Conners (CAN) +3000
• Matthew Fitzpatrick (GBR) +3000
• Alex Noren (SWE) +3500
• Sepp Straka (AUT) +4000
• Matthieu Pavon (FRA) +4500
• Min Woo Lee (AUS) +5000
• Byeong-Hun An (KOR) +5000
• Carlos Ortiz (MEX) +5000
• Wyndham Clark (USA) +5000
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA) +5000
• Abraham Ancer (MEX) +6000
• Jason Day (AUS) +6000
• Guido Migliozzi (ITA) +6500
• Stephan Jaeger (GER) +7000
• Adrian Meronk (POL) +7000
• Thomas Detry (BEL) +7000
• Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) +7500
• Nicolai Hojgaard (DEN) +7500
• Ryan Fox (NZL) +8500
• Mito Pereira (CHI) +8500
• David Puig (ESP) +9000
• CT Pan (TPE) +10000
• Victor Perez (FRA) +10000
• Keita Nakajima (JPN) +10000
• Erik Van Rooyen (RSA) +10000
• Emiliano Grillo (ARG) +12500
• Nick Taylor (CAN) +12500
• Kevin Yu (TPE) +15000
• Matteo Manassero (ITA) +15000
• Sami Valimaki (FIN) +17500
• Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) +20000
• Matti Schmid (GER) +20000
• Alejandro Tosti (ARG) +20000
• Joel Girrbach (SUI) +20000
• Gavin Green (MAS) +25000
• Shubhankar Sharma (IND) +25000
• Daniel Hillier (NZL) +25000
• Adrien De Chassart (BEL) +30000
• Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) +30000
• Tapio Pulkkanen (FIN) +30000
• Phachara Khongwatmai (THA) +30000
• Nico Echavarria (COL) +30000
• Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) +40000
• Kris Ventura (NOR) +40000
• Dou Zecheng (CHN) +40000
• Camilo Villegas (COL) +50000
• Carl Yuan (CHN) +50000
• Rafael Campos (PUR) +50000

Unsurprisingly, world number one Scottie Scheffler is the favorite, and his USA counterpart Xander Schauffele, the reigning Olympic champion, is right behind him.