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Allez Celine! Boutier dazzles French crowd with 65 to lead Olympic golf by 3
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — For all the countless times Celine Boutier has played Le Golf National, what carried her to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead Wednesday in the Olympics were the two days when she didn't even have her clubs. Boutier watched from the gallery...
Great Scottie! Scheffler gets the Olympic gold medal in a thriller with a 62
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was a model of calm and greatness as he delivered the greatest closing round of his career. The final two hours were about charges and collapses, pure theater that ended Sunday with the Olympic gold medal fittingly draped around the neck...
Olympic golf gets loud start, slow finish and Matsuyama in the lead
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Victor Perez of France repeatedly pumped his fist over his head before the opening tee shot Thursday, celebrating the start of Olympic golf before a large and raucous home crowd. And then Hideki Matsuyama quietly went about his business for...
Olympic golf finally feels like big-time golf with full house at Le Golf National
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Rory McIlroy is playing in the Olympics for the second time. Thursday at Le Golf National felt like his first real Olympic experience. Thousands of fans crammed behind the first tee began chanting his name when they saw him headed their way....
Jason Day regrets missing the 2016 Olympics and refers to burnout
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Jason Day still regrets skipping the Olympics when golf returned to the program in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. Day was the No. 1 player in the world at the time and cited concerns over the Zika virus. “Looking back on it, I should have just...
