J. Niemann -4 (8)
A birdie at the 9th hole moves Niemann two shots clear at the top.
The LIV Golf star has made an excellent start to his Olympic campaign.
J. Niemann -4 (8)
A birdie at the 9th hole moves Niemann two shots clear at the top.
The LIV Golf star has made an excellent start to his Olympic campaign.
M. Schmid -2 (8)
Schmid misses a seven-footer for par and has seen his stint at the top of the leaderboard come to a close for now, leaving Joaquin Niemann with the solo lead.
Scheffler -2, Aberg -1, McIlroy Par (3)
It's birdies all round for the star three-ball of the day.
Scheffler now pulls to within one of the lead.
Schmid has just rolled in a third birdie of the round at the par-4 7th to join Niemann out in front on 3-under par.
Plenty of low scores out there today in very favourable conditions for the players.
Niemann -3 (6)
Chile's Joaquin Niemann has surged into the outright lead with a birdie on the par-4 6th.
The LIV Golf star is now 3-under par thru 6 holes and one shot clear of four players - Schmid (6), Tosti (6), Bezuidenhout (5) and Matsuyama (4).
McIlroy +1 (2)
Rory McIlroy made a solid par at the 1st but he's just made a bogey on the par-3 2nd to fall to 1-over par.
McIlroy is representing Team Ireland.
While he could have represented Team GB, he decided to choose Ireland because he has always represented them during his amateur days.
Playing partners Scheffler and Aberg both made a par on 2.
Scheffler remains at 1-under par, with Aberg on level.
Scheffler -1 (1)
The World No.1 means business as Scheffler pours home a 25 footer for birdie on the par-4 1st.
Scheffler is making his Olympic debut this week.
It's very early stages here in the first round at Le Golf National, but here's a quick leaderboard update following the first hour's play.
Joaquin Niemann | -2 (4) |
Alejandro Tosti | -2 (4) |
Emiliano Grillo | -2 (3) |
CT Pan | -1 (5) |
Matti Schmid | -1 (5) |
Ryan Fox | -1 (3) |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -1 (2) |
Hideki Matsuyama | -1 (2) |
Jason Day | -1 (1) |
Swimming legend Michael Phelps might be the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals, including a record 23 golds, but he is also an avid golf fan.
So much so, he's turned up at Le Golf National to support the players, especially his four American guys Scheffler, Schauffele, Morikawa and Clark.
The gold medal of selfies. #OlympicGolfhttps://t.co/uMi8AFT0y1pic.twitter.com/6v7mbxEXom
— Olympic Golf (@OlympicGolf) August 1, 2024
Clark is the only one of the quartet currently on the course, and the former US Open champion is off to a shocker with a bogey at 1 followed by a double at 2.
The American sits dead last right now.
The par-5 3rd is being torn up in the early stages here at Le Golf National.
We've now seen three eagles on this hole in the space of the first hour of play.
After Pan made the first eagle here some five minutes ago, Chile's Joaquin Niemann and Argentina's Alejandro Tosti have both made eagle-threes to move into a tie for the lead on 2-under par.
Niemann is one of seven LIV Golf players participating in the 2024 Olympic Games.
Here's the full 60-man lineup representing each of their nations in the 2024 Men's Olympic Golf Tournament in Paris this week:
USA
Ireland
Sweden
Norway
Spain
Japan
Great Britain
France
Austria
Australia
S. Korea
Canada
South Africa
Germany
Denmark
Belgium
Argentina
New Zealand
Poland
Chile
Finland
Chinese Taipei
Netherlands
China
Colombia
Italy
India
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Thailand
Malaysia
Paraguay
Chinese Taipei's CT Pan makes a stunning eagle at the par-5 3rd.
Pan is best remembered for taking the bronze medal at the 2020 Games, which was played in 2021 due to Covid.
He won his sole PGA Tour title at the 2019 RBC Heritage and famed Hilton Head.
Pan's eagle at the 3rd makes up for his bogey at the 1st and he now moves into an early tie for the lead with Argentina's Emiliano Grillo and Germany's Matti Schmid.
Of the pick of the first-round tee times at the Olympic Golf Tournament, there are quite frankly two of them that standout.
Scottie Scheffler joins Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg at 10.11am local time.
Xander Schauffele then joins Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland at 11.55am.
Here’s a look at the complete list of tee times for Thursday and Friday at the 2024 Olympic Games:
Tee Times local
Welcome to LIVE first round updates of the 2024 Men's Olympic Golf Tournament from Le Golf National in Paris in France.
Home favourite Victor Perez got the tournament underway off the 1st tee.
Perez made par at the par-4 1st but he has just made a bogey on the par-3 2nd.
And so it begins!@V_Perez2 hits the opening tee shot of the Men's Olympic Golf Competition. #OlympicGolfpic.twitter.com/KdyY3pLyzO
— Olympic Golf (@OlympicGolf) August 1, 2024