2024 Olympics: Tee times and schedule for fourth round of golf with Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy

Xander Schauffele joins Jon Rahm in pole position at Le Golf National to defend Olympic gold medal

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Defending champion Xander Schauffele of the United States remained at the top of the Olympic men’s golf rankings at 14 under after Saturday’s penultimate round, sharing first place with Spaniard Jon Rahm. Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood, who shared the overnight lead with Schauffele and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, remains in medal contention in third place, one point behind the leader, heading into Sunday’s final round at Le Golf National near the French capital.

The 60-player field in the Olympic golf competition was reduced by one on Sunday after Britain’s Matt Fitzpatrick retired with an injury. Rahm improved on his fourth-place finish overnight with his second straight 5-under-par 66.

The 2023 Masters champion, who is part of the Saudi-backed LIV Tour, celebrated a strong showing at the British Open followed by a victory at the UK LIV in July. “I’m very, very happy to be playing the way I did last month … and to have the opportunity I have this week,” he told reporters after the round. Here are the tee times for the second round in Paris:

8:00 VILLEGAS Camilo COL; PAVON Matthieu FRA

8:11 PEREIRA Mito CHI; KHONGWATMAI Phachara THA; YUAN Yechun CHN

8:22 DOU Zecheng CHN; HILLIER Daniel NZL; APHIBARNRAT Kiradech THA

8:33 VENTURA Kristoffer NOR; MERONK Adrian POL; GRILLO Emiliano ARG

8:44 ECHAVARRIA Nico COL; YU Kevin TPE, BHULLAR Gaganjeet IND

8:55 PULKKANEN Tapio FIN; CAMPOS Rafa PUR; NAKAJIMA Keita JPN

9:11 Gavin MAS; ANCER Abraham MEX; NOREN Alex SWE

9:22 SHARMA Shubhankar IND; HOVLAND Viktor NOR; SCHMID Matthias GER

9:33 TAYLOR Nick CAN; STRAKA Sepp AUT; GIRRBACH Joel SUI

9:44 DUMONT de CHASSART Adrien BEL; ZANOTTI Fabrizio PAR; VALIMAKI Sami FIN

9:55 PUIG David ESP; LEE Min Woo AUS; MIGLIOZZI Guido ITA

10:06 FOX Ryan NZL; MORIKAWA Collin USA; ORTIZ Carlos MEX