Xander Schauffele Olympic gold medal odds: Latest projection for star USA golfer

Xander Schauffele is currently co-leading the Olympic golf event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He carded -5 for the day to remain at -11 for the event going into the weekend at the Le Golf National's Albatross golf course. Schuaffele is tied for the lead with Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, and England's Tommy Fleetwood, who are yet to finish their second round.

Schauffele continued the momentum he had on Day 1 and began his gold-medal quest with a -6 on Thursday. The American golfer started his second round two strokes behind the leader Hideki Matsuyama and eventually overtook him after five holes, as the overnight leader had just started his second round.

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Xander Schauffele's latest odds at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

According to Sky Bet, the latest odds for Xander Schauffele to win the men's golf event at the 2024 Paris Olympics is 6/4, and he is the favorite golfer to win the gold medal this week. Schauffele won gold at the previous 2020 Tokyo Olympics and is also on a victory roll with two Major championship wins this year.

Xander Schauffele at the Olympic Golf-Mens Stroke Play Round 1 - Source: Imagn

But this won't be straightforward for Schauffele as Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, and Thomas Detry are not far behind. Matsuyama has 7/2 odds of winning gold, while Fleetwood has played an impressive round of -7 so far and will test Xander Schauffele going into the weekend.

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The latest odds for winning the men's golf event at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Here are the latest odds of the men's golf event to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics (as per Sky Bet):

1. Xander Schauffele (6/4)
2. Hideki Matsuyama (7/2)
3. Tommy Fleetwood (5/1)
4. Jon Rahm (11/2)
5. Rory McIlroy (20/1)
6. Scottie Scheffler (16/1)
7. Joaquin Niemann (28/1)
8. Thomas Detry (30/1)
9. Tom Kim (33/1)
10. Ludvig Aberg (50/1)
11. Jason Day (66/1)
12. Collin Morikawa (66/1)
13. Corey Conners (70/1)
14. Stephan Jaeger (90/1)
15. C.T. Pan (100/1)
16. Guido Migliozzi (100/1)
17. Matt Fitzpatrick (125/1)
18. Erik Van Rooyen (150/1)
19. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (200/1)
20. Alex Noren (1000/1)
21. Carlos Ortiz (400/1)
22. Thorbjorn Olesen (400/1)
23. Victor Perez (400/1)
24. David Puig (500/1)
25. Sepp Straka 250/1)
26. Alejandro Tosti (500/1)
27. Byeong Hun An (1000/1)
28. Matteo Manassero (600/1)
29. Sami Valimaki (600/1)
30. Abraham Ancer (1500/1)
31. Fabrizio Zanotti (1000/1)
32. Nicolai Hojgaard 1000/1)
33. Shubhankar Sharma (1000/1)
34. Dou Zecheng (1000/1)
35. Adrian Meronk (1500/1)
36. Adrien Dumont De Chassart (1500/1)
37. Carl Yuan (1500/1)
38. Daniel Hillier (1500/1)
39. Emiliano Grillo (1500/1)
40. Gavin Green (1500/1)
41. Keita Nakajima (1500/1)
42. Kevin Yu (1500/1)
43. Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1500/1)
44. Kristoffer Ventura (1500/1)
45. Matthieu Pavon (1500/1)
46. Matti Schmid (1500/1)
47. Minwoo Lee (1500/1)
48. Mito Pereira (1500/1)
49. Nick Taylor (1500/1)
50. Nico Echavarria (1500/1)
51. Phachara Khongwatmai (1500/1)
52. Rafael Campos (1500/1)
53. Ryan Fox (1500/1)
54. Shane Lowry (1500/1)
55. Viktor Hovland (1500/1)
56. Wyndham Clark (1500/1)
57. Gaganjeet Bhullar (1500/1)
58. Camilo Villegas (1500/1)
59. Tapio Pulkkanen (1500/1)
60. Joel Girrbach (1500/1)