In pics: Scottie Scheffler, Min Woo Lee other golf stars arrive in Paris for the 2024 Olympics
The 2024 Olympics is the fifth time the games will feature the sport of golf. Previously, the 1900, 1904, 2016, and 2020 editions of the Olympics have featured the sport. Ahead of the Games, there is a lot of anticipation around the event.
The 2024 Olympics will feature some of the best golfers from different parts of the world. Before the action at the Le Golf National starts, several prominent players were seen arriving in Paris. One such big name who arrived in Paris is World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, along with fellow Team USA golfers Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark.
Apart from Scheffler, the 2024 Olympics have also seen the arrival of players like the Australian duo Jason Day and Min Woo Lee. The duo from Great Britain, Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick also arrived in Paris.
You can check out the photos of the player arrivals below:
Golf at the 2024 Olympics will begin on August 1st. While the men will play between August 1 and August 4, the women will play at the Le Golf National Park between August 7 and August 10. Xander Schauffele and Nelly Korda, who won gold medals in Tokyo, will be in Paris to defend their medal.
A look at the male golfers set to play in the 2024 Olympics
The 2024 Olympics will feature some of the finest players who will give it their all to win a gold medal for their country. Here is the complete list of the players set to play at the Le Golf National:
- Argentina - Emiliano Grillo, Alejandro Tosti
- Australia - Jason Day, Min Woo Lee
- Austria - Sepp Straka
- Belgium - Thomas Detry, Adrien Dumont de Chassart
- Canada - Corey Conners, Nick Taylor
- Chile - Mito Periera, Joaquin Niemann
- China - Zecheng Dou, Carl Yuan
- Chinese Taipei - CT Pan, Kevin Yu
- Colombia - Nico Echevarria, Camillo Villages
- Denmark - Nicolai Hojgaard, Thorbjorn Olesen
- Finland - Sami Valimaki
- France - Matthieu Pavon, Victor Perez
- Germany - Stephan Jaeger, Matti Schmid
- Great Britain - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood
- India - Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubshankar Sharma
- Ireland - Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy
- Italy - Matteo Manassero, Guido Migliozzi
- Japan - Hideki Matsuyama, Keita Nakajima
- Malaysia - Gavin Green
- Mexico - Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz
- Netherlands - Darius van Driel, Joost Luiten
- New Zealand - Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier
- Norway - Viktor Hovland, Kris Ventura
- Paraguay - Fabrizio Zanotti
- Poland - Adrian Meronk
- Puerto Rico - Rafael Campos
- South Africa - Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Erik Van Rooyen
- South Korea - Byeong Hun An, Tom Kim
- Spain - Jon Rahm, David Puig
- Sweden - Ludvig Aberg, Alex Noren
- Thailand - Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Phachara Khongwatmai
- United States - Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler