USA’s Scottie Scheffler Wins Gold; Full 2024 Olympic Golf Medal Winners, Leaderboard
Scottie Scheffler can now add Olympic Gold to his growing trophy case.The American golfer took home the gold in the Olympic Men’s Golf Competition after shooting a 62 on the final day of play.The 62 on the final day tied the course record at Le Golf National and allowed him to enter the clubhouse with a lead. The victory was solidified after a tying bid from Tommy Fleetwood’s came up just a bit wide.Fleetwood would settle for the silver medal while Hideki Matsuyama would earn bronze.Here is a look at the final leaderboard.1. Scottie Scheffler, -19, Gold2. Tommy Fleetwood, -18, Silver3. Hideki Matsuyama, -17 Bronze4. Victor Perez, -16T5. Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, -157. Nicolai Hojgaard, -148. Tom Kim, -13T9. Corey Connors, Jason Day, Joaquin Niemann, Thomas Detry and Xander Schauffele, -12Scheffler’s win give the U.S. its second consecutive gold medal at the Olympic golf tournament. Xander Schauffele won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.The path to gold was not clear for Scheffler, as Spain’s Jon Rahm held a four-stroke lead over the competition during the final round and Scheffler would complete a six-stroke comeback in order to secure gold.Scheffler becomes the first golfer to win the green jacket at The Masters and a gold medal at Olympics in the same year, per the NBC broadcast.He will hope to carry the momentum from Paris into the remainder of the PGA year as he looks to earn his first FedEx Cup Championship.
