{"id":4256,"date":"2024-08-06T02:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T02:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/teemoore\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2024-08-07T00:55:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T00:55:18","slug":"notes-amp-quotes-from-mens-golf-at-the-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/teemoore\/golf\/personalities\/4256\/notes-amp-quotes-from-mens-golf-at-the-paris-olympics","title":{"rendered":"Notes & quotes from Men’s Golf at the Paris Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Le Golf National’s grandstand on 18<\/p><\/div>\n

Although there is no prize money and only medals bestowed on Olympic golfers, many countries do reward their players with additional cash bonus compensation. Scheffler will receive $39,000 for winning gold from the USA Olympic Committee, which may defray some of his expenses, including his pre-Olympic holiday with his wife and new son in southern France. Matsuyama earned $6,000 from Japan for his bronze performance. Alas, Fleetwood received nothing for winning silver as the Great Britain Olympic Committee put up zilch dough for its athletes. Those modest (or none at all) payouts are refreshing in a sport awash with money, especially with LIV Golf.<\/p>\n

The venue\u2014Le Golf National\u2014was a good test and offered spectators (a sold-out throng of 30k) tremendous views of the action, particularly on the closing holes. Credit goes to the designers Hubert Chesneau and Robert Von Hagge, with help from Pierre Thevenin, for placing the 15-16-18 greens within 150 yards of each other and lending an expansive amphitheater.\u00a0 There was only one massive grandstand, and it was at 18.<\/p>\n

However, the course set-up and conditions were much different than for the 2018 Ryder Cup held there. At that time, the European captain and his team insisted on high rough, with no graduated or second cut, to negate the advantages of the longer-hitting American squad. It worked, as the Euros routed the Americans.<\/p>\n

However, no USA player in Paris (Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa) played in the 2018 Ryder Cup. No \u201cscar tissue,\u201d one may argue.<\/p>\n

Jason Day, representing Australia, finished T-9th and prepared for Le Golf National by playing it\u00a0on a simulator weeks before the Olympics.<\/p>\n

A tip of the beret to France\u2019s Victor Perez, who finished 4th, was one shot out of a playoff for bronze. After beginning the final round T13,\u00a0 Perez posted 8-under 63, including a 6-under stretch in five holes from Nos. 12-16 (birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie). It marked the highest finish from an athlete representing the host nation in the men\u2019s Olympic golf competition.<\/p>\n

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Rory Mcllroy predicts the Olympic golf competition will, in time, rival the majors.<\/p><\/div>\n

When asked how the Olympics ranks with the majors, Rory Mcllroy answered: \u201cI don\u2019t know if anything will be able to sit alongside the majors,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have our four events a year that are the gold standard. But I think this is, in time, going to be right up there amongst that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mcllroy was in the hunt at the end and carded a fine 66 on Sunday, but a costly double on 15 when his approach shot found water ruined his chances to medal. Afterwards, about that hole he said: \u201cI hit the shot I wanted to hit, but I didn’t get the ball in the air enough for the wind to carry it the extra three or four yards I needed to. Tried to stay aggressive and land a wedge between the front edge and the hole. Missed my spot by nearly three or four yards and that ended up costing me a medal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most disappointed was Spain\u2019s Jon Rahm, who admitted after Saturday\u2019s round of 66, which gave him a share of the lead, that he hadn’t “felt comfortable on the golf course for over a year.\u201d (And this was said after<\/em> he won a LIV event the week prior!)<\/p>\n

After reaching 20-under par after 10 holes and taking a four-shot lead on Sunday, Rahm collapsed with back-to-back bogeys at 11 and 12, followed by a double bogey-7 at the 14th. Back-to-back bogeys on his final two holes foiled any chances for a medal.<\/p>\n

Notwithstanding Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s heroics at the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, one wonders if\u00a0 LIV Golf\u2019s all-too-cozy format and little-seen entertainment atmosphere fail to prepare its players for performance under major pressure.<\/p>\n

In an understatement, I\u2019m eager for the women\u2019s competition to start this Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Photos courtesy of the International Golf Federation (IGF) and by Chris Condon, Tracy Wilcox, and Ben Jared, PGA Tour\/IGF<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Tad Dickman, IGF’s media relations, for his excellent and thorough efforts in providing extensive information about the Olympic golf competition.<\/p>\n

IGF was founded in 1958 and is the recognized International Federation within the Olympic and Paralympic Movement. The headquarters of the IGF is located by the shores of Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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