How Team USA men's golfers did at 2021 Olympics and what they said about the experience

How Team USA men's golfers did at 2021 Olympics and what they said about the experience

“It’s been a fun week,” Xander Schauffele said after his third round of the men’s competition at the Olympics.

That fun continued for all in a rousing final round of golf at Kasumigaseki Country Club, and especially for him, as he made a clutch par on the final hole to claim the gold medal.

Schauffele birdied the 18th hole in the third round to take a one-shot lead over Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama into the final round, where he built a four-shot lead after eight holes, only to see one golfer after another make a charge at him.

Slovakia’s Rory Sabbatini made the biggest charge, firing an Olympics record 61 to tie for the lead. But Schauffele birdied the 17th after driving it into a bunker and then made par at the last to clinch the gold.

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Source: Golfweek https://ift.tt/2V95qPJ