Olympic Games Golf : Leaderboard
Hideki Matsuyama missed a bronze medal in Tokyo after a 7 man playoff. Today the Japanese star shone brightly with an -8 63 on Le Golf National to take the opening round lead.
Matsuyama made eight birdies and no bogeys in his flawless round of 63 (Image credit: Getty Images)
The best player in the world right now,, and defending gold medalist Xander Schauffele continues the torrid pace that have seen him capture the US PGA and the Open Championship with his -6 65.
Le National was soaked by overnight rain so played easier for this morning's opening rounds. None the less capacity crowds in excess of 30,000 showed up to see many of the world's best.
Some rain and more important lightning in the Paris area suspended play twice the last time officials issued this :
Updated: Thursday, Aug 1, 11:26 a.m. ET: Round 1 of the men’s Olympic golf competition was interrupted at 5:26 p.m. local time due to lightning in the area, with 12 players remaining on the course.
Canadians
Corey Conners T15 -3 68
Nick Taylor T29 -1 70
Notables
Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg T15 -3 68
Fleetwood, Scheffler, Rahm T6 -4 67
(France) Victor Perez T29 -1 70, Matthieu Pavon T42 E 71
(Last) Min Woo Lee, Camilo Villegas T59 +4 75
There is little rain or lightning in the forecast for the remainder of the week.
Bryan Angus
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